Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
June 17, 2002
Submitted
June 21, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N645DL
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
24216
Aircraft time
44,849 hours, 22,498 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
143N33203
Condition
Dented
Location
Fs 570, 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 570-660 / STRG. 14L-19L : GROUND DAMAGE SPLICE REPAIR THE FUSELAGE SKIN WAS FOUND WITH 2 DENTS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO AN EXISTING SKIN REPAIR DOUBLER. TO REMOVE ALL DAMAGE AND ACCOMPLISH A REPAIR, THE SKIN WAS CUT AT FS 570 BETWEEN THE SKIN LAP JOINTS AT STRG. 14L & 19L AND THE AFT SECTION OF SKIN REMOVED. A NEW SKIN SECTION WAS SPLICE IN WITH AN INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ALUMINUM SPLICE DOUBLER PER ER/A 383226-14, REV A.