Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
February 24, 2008
Submitted
February 27, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N603DL
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
22810
Aircraft time
73,012 hours, 37,917 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
146N3531
Condition
Damaged
Location
Bs 1515 S28-29r
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

TOOLING MARKS WERE FOUND AT THE AIRPHONE ANTENNA SKIN AT FS 1515 BETWEEN S-28R AND S-29R. THE ANTENNA IS NO LONGER IN USE. BECAUSE THE ANTENNA HAD BEEN SUBJECT TO AN STC, THE ANTENNA WAS REMOVED, AND THE FASTENER PATTERN CUTOUT. AN EXTERNAL REPAIR DOUBLER WAS INSTALLED. CUTOUT WAS 8.6" BY 5.2".