Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
April 5, 2001
Submitted
April 17, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N604DL
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
22811
Aircraft time
53,249 hours, 29,209 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
141N38501
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 AND UNDERLYING BUTT SPLICE STRAP WERE FOUND DENTED AT FS 297 BELOW STRINGER 17L. THE DAMAGED AREA OF SKIN WAS REMOVED WITH A CUTOUT AND THE BUTT SPLICE STRAP WAS CUT NEAR WL 216 AND A NEW SECTION INSTALLED. THE SKIN WAS REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLER AND THE NEW BUTT STRAP WAS SPLICED TO THE ORIGINAL WITH AN ALUMINUM DOUBLER PER ER/A 380006-14, REV A.