Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
October 20, 2000
Submitted
October 24, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N633DL
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
23614
Aircraft time
44,094 hours, 22,134 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
143N31512
Condition
Damaged
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

AN EXISTING TEMPORARY SKIN REPAIR WAS REMOVED AT FS 600, BETWEEN STRINGERS 6R AND 7R FOR PERMANENT REPAIR. THE EXISTING DAMAGE CUTOUT AND THE FASTENER HOLES FROM THE TEMP REPAIR WERE REMOVED WITH A 8 X 8 INCH CUTOUT. THE NEW CUTOUT WAS REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM REPAIR DOUBLER INSTALLED PER ER/A 378711-14, REV B.