Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
September 17, 2002
Submitted
October 3, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N608DA
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
22815
Aircraft time
55,762 hours, 30,210 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
143N33203
Condition
Damaged
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

FUSELAGE SKIN, FS 590-660, STR 14L-19L. THE FUSELAGE SKIN WAS FOUND WITH SEVERAL DENTS NEAR FS 640 ALONG STRINGER 17L. THE DAMAGES WERE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO AN EXISTING REPAIR. THE SKIN WAS CUT AT FS 590 FROM STRINGER 14L TO 19L AND THE AFT SECTION OF PANEL REMOVED. A NEW SECTION WAS INSTALLED AND SPLICED IN PLACE WITH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL DOUBLERS PER ER/A 383714-14, REV A.