What was found
DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE INSPECTIONS, A GOUGED DENT WAS FOUND AT FS 1538 BETWEEN STRINGERS 28R AND 29R. TWO EXISTING REPAIRS WERE ADJACENT TO THE DAMAGE AND WERE REMOVED. ONE LARGE DOUBLER WAS INSTALLED AT HMV.
- Difficulty date
- March 14, 2009
- Submitted
- March 18, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N651DL
- Make and model
- Boeing 757232
- Aircraft serial
- 24391
- Aircraft time
- 66,562 hours, 29,901 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Part number
- 146N35317
- Condition
- Dented
- Location
- Fs 1538
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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