Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
October 3, 2008
Submitted
October 10, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N673DL
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
25978
Aircraft time
54,258 hours, 24,975 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
146N37805
Condition
Dented
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

DURING PSV IN ATL, A DENT WAS FOUND IN THE FUSELAGE SKIN AT STA 1679 BELOW THE S-20L LAP JOINT. A RECURRING INSPECTION ROUTINE WAS SET UP EVERY 500 FLIGHT HOURS. A PERMANENT REPAIR WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY ACTS IN VANCOUVER DURING HMV DEC 2005. NOTE: THIS ER/A WAS PREVIOUSLY ISSUED BUT NEVER FORMALLY APPROVED AT THE TIME OF ISSUE NOR WAS AN MRR SUBMITTED.