Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
April 8, 2008
Submitted
April 9, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N644DL
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
23998
Aircraft time
65,923 hours, 30,165 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
146N35317
Condition
Corroded
Location
Bs 1510 S28r
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

DURING HMV AT SAA, CORROSION WAS FOUND ON THE EXTERNAL SKIN AT STA 1510 BETWEEN S-28R AND S-29R WHERE AN AIRPHONE ANTENNA HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN MOUNTED. SINCE THE ANTENNA IS NO LONGER USED, THE CORRODED SKIN WAS CUT OUT AND AN EXTERNAL REPAIR DOUBLER WAS INSTALLED PER BOEING REPAIR INSTRUCTIONS.