Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
July 4, 2001
Submitted
July 9, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N640DL
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
23994
Aircraft time
43,869 hours, 21,664 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
141N38517
Condition
Gouged
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 A GOUGE AT FS 283 ABOVE THE STRINGER 20R SKIN LAP SPLICE.