What was found
THE FUSELAGE SKIN WAS FOUND WITH A LIGHTNING STRIKE AT FS 680 AT STRINGER 27R AND A GOUGE AT FS 665 BELOW STRINGER 27R. BOTH DAMAGES WERE REMOVED WITH 2 INCH CUTOUTS.
- Difficulty date
- August 17, 2001
- Submitted
- September 5, 2001
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N638DL
- Make and model
- Boeing 757232
- Aircraft serial
- 23761
- Aircraft time
- 45,096 hours, 22,519 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Part number
- 143N35211
- 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.