SDR DL757020005

Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date: December 31, 2001
Submitted: January 9, 2002
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N602DL
Make and model: Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial: 22809
Aircraft time: 55,236 hours, 30,439 cycles
System (JASC): 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
Part: Skin
Part number: 143N33203
Condition: Punctured
Location: Fs 610, S-16l
Stage of operation: IN
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

FUSELAGE / SKIN / FS 590-620 / STRG. 15L-18L : PUNCTURE REPAIR THE FUSELAGE SKIN WAS PUNCTURED BY GROUND EQUIPMENT AT FS 610 AND STRINGER 16L. THE DAMAGE WAS ADJACENT TO 2 EXISTING SKIN REPAIR DOUBLERS. THE EXSTING DOUBLERS WERE REMOVED AND ALL DAMAGED AREAS WERE INCORPORATED INTO ONE LARGE SKIN CUTOUT FROM FS 590-620 AND FROM STRINGERS 15L TO 18L. THE CUTOUT WAS REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLER PER ER/A 382345-14, REV B.