Service difficulty report · Drag Fitting · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
April 5, 2025
Submitted
April 8, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N685DA
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
27588
Aircraft time
95,013 hours, 38,700 cycles
Part
Drag Fitting
Condition
Corroded
Location
Zone 400
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

SHIP 685 A.D.//A.A. DISCREPANCIES ON OPEN HOLES FROM LH ENG DRAG FTG CLAMP-UP AS FOLLOW: HOLE # 11 CORROSION ON FITTING AND SKIN BTW 4-7 O CLOCK POSITION, HOLE # 12 CORROSION ON FITTING AND SKIN BTW 8-11 O CLOCK POSITION, HOLE # 13 CORROSION ON FITTING BTW 9- 12 O CLOCK POSITION, HOLE # 14 CORROSION ON FITTING AND SKIN BTW 1-4 O CLOCK POSITION AND HOLE # 17 CORROSION ON FITTING AND SKIN BTW 5-8 O CLOCK POSITION (IN REF: CARD 5720-01100-05A JOB # 102-0001 STEP 14.C.). CORRECTIVE ACTION: SUMMARY OF NRC 00273: LEVEL CORROSION 2. HOLES # #12, #13 & # 14 WERE REPAIRED PER CARD 5720-01100-05A AND HOLES # 11 & #17 WERE REAPIRED PER ER/A 625151-14AD REV ORIGINAL SECTION I: PERMANENT REPAIR. (0897595)