SDR DL757020104

Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date: January 25, 2002
Submitted: February 20, 2002
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N603DL
Make and model: Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial: 22810
Aircraft time: 55,222 hours, 30,504 cycles
System (JASC): 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
Part: Skin
Part number: 146N36104
Condition: Cracked
Location: Fs 1701, S-29l
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 1701 / STRG. 29L : CRACKED HOLE REPAIR A SMALL CRACK WAS FOUND AT FASTENER HOLE DUE TO IMPROPER FASTENER INSTALLATION AT FS 1701 AND STRINGER 29L. THE CRACK WAS REMOVED WITH A .5" HOLE. THE HOLE WAS ADJACENT TO THE EDGE OF AN EXISTING INTERNAL REPAIR DOUBLER. TO REPAIR THE NEW DAMAGE, AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM REPAIR DOUBLER WAS INSTALLED, OVERLAPPING THE EXISTING DOUBLER PER ER/A 382398-14, REV A.