Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
March 24, 2003
Submitted
April 2, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N612DL
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
22819
Aircraft time
57,193 hours, 30,215 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
146N34002
Condition
Corroded
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

THE FUSELAGE SKIN WAS FOUND WITH CORROSION AT FS 1610 BETWEEN STRINGERS 28L & 29R. THE UNDERLYING STRINGERS ALSO HAD AREAS OF CORROSION. THE STRINGERS WERE REPAIRED WITH CHANNEL SECTIONS PER THE SRM. THE SKIN DAMAGE WAS REMOVED WITH A 10 X 4 INCH CUTOUT AND REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM REPAIR DOUBLER PER ER/A 384582-14, REV A.