Service difficulty report · Rib · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
December 17, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N674DL
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
25979
Part
Rib
Condition
Damaged
Location
Le Slat
Component
114N4002148
Stage of operation
IN
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 B757 L/E SLAT T/E WEDGE CHANGE PER EO 6-74595-3AD, THE NR 10 L/E SLAT I/B END RIB HAD ONE HOLE OVERSIZED IN THE I/B END RIB AT OSS 707. PER ER/A 387211-14AD THE SUBJECT PART WAS REPAIRED BY OVERSIZING THE DISCREPANT HOLE TO ACCOMODATE A .25 DIA BLIND BOLT.