Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
October 25, 2002
Submitted
October 30, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N601DL
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
22808
Aircraft time
57,311 hours, 31,311 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
143N31311
Condition
Lightning Strike
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

LIGHTNING STRIKE DAMAGE REPAIR, THE FUSELAGE SKIN WAS FOUND WITH LIGHTNING STRIKE DAMAGE AT FS 499, JUST ABOVE THE STRINGER 4R SKIN LAP JOINT. THE DAMAGE WAS REMOVED WITH A CUTOUT AND REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL REPAIR DOUBLER PER ER/A 383992-14, REV A.