Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
December 18, 2008
Submitted
December 22, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N649DL
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
24389
Aircraft time
66,821 hours, 30,468 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
143N33203
Condition
Damaged
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 HMV AT SAA, A TOTAL OF SIX DENTS AND TWO GOUGES WERE FOUND IN THE EXTERNAL SKIN BETWEEN STA 600 AND 640 AND S-16L AND S-18L. THREE DENTS AND THE TWO GOUGES WERE FOUND TO BE ACCEPTABLE AFTER BLENDING AND TREATING AND THREE DENTS WERE TRIMMED OUT AND REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL DOUBLER.