Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
January 24, 2003
Submitted
March 4, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N651DL
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
24391
Aircraft time
46,245 hours, 22,787 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
146N37805
Condition
Lightning Strike
Location
Fs 1717, S-26l
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 1717 / STRG. 26L : LIGHTNING STRIKE CUTOUT REPAIR THE FUSELAGE SKIN WAS FOUND WITH A LIGHTNING BURN AT FS 1717 ON THE STRINGER 26L SKIN LAP JOINT. THE DAMAGE WAS REMOVED BY TRIMMING OUT TWO FASTENER LOCATIONS ON THE UPPER SKIN OF THE LAP JOINT. THE CUTOUT WAS REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM REPAIR DOUBLER PER ER/A 384395-14, REV A.