What was found
DURING HMV, CORROSION WAS FOUND ON A REINFORCING STRAP AT THE OVERWING ESCAPE HATCH CUTOUT AT STA 960 ON THE LT SIDE. THE CORROSION WAS REMOVED AND A REPAIR DOUBLER WAS INSTALLED PER BOEING REPAIR INSTRUCTIONS.
- Difficulty date
- December 22, 2008
- Submitted
- December 30, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N649DL
- Make and model
- Boeing 757232
- Aircraft serial
- 24389
- Aircraft time
- 66,821 hours, 30,468 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Strap
- Part number
- 144N321011
- Condition
- Corroded
- 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.