Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
January 22, 2001
Submitted
January 29, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N683DA
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
27103
Aircraft time
27,893 hours, 13,597 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
143N33204
Condition
Dented
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 SKIN WAS FOUND WITH THREE DENTED AREAS BETWEEN FS 590 & 630 AND BETWEEN STRINGERS 16L & 17L. THE SKIN WAS CUT AT FS 590 AND AT FS 630 FROM THE STRINGER 14L LAP JOINT TO THE STRINGER 19L LAP JOINT. THE DAMAGED SECTION OF SKIN WAS REMOVED AND A NEW SECTION INSERTED. THE SKIN WAS SPLICED WITH AN EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL ALUMINUM STRAP AT EACH CUT LOCATION PER ER/A 379605-14, REV A.