Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
May 31, 2000
Submitted
June 7, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N653DL
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
24393
Aircraft time
35,557 hours, 17,875 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
143N31313
Condition
Lightning Strike
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

THE FUSELAGE CROWN SKIN SUFFERED A LIGHTNING BURN AT FS 590 AND STRINGER 1, ADJACENT TO THE ANTI-COLLISION LIGHT INSTALLATION. THE SKIN DAMAGE WAS REMOVED WITH A 1.25 DIA CUTOUT. THE CUTOUT WAS REPAIRED WITH AND EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLER SIZED TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE AND ENCOMPASS THE LIGHT INSTALLATION. THE REPAIR WAS ACCOMPLISHED PER ER/A 377417-14, REV A.