Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757236

Difficulty date
July 31, 2013
Submitted
August 1, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N978FD
Make and model
Boeing 757236
Aircraft serial
24119
Aircraft time
50,850 hours, 21,982 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
311N504632
Part serial
FX0004
Condition
Corroded
Location
Zone 400
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

NR 2 STRUT BETWEEN STA 209.50 -128.08, RT INTERNAL SKIN WITH CORROSION ON SEVERAL AREAS. REMOVED RT OTBD SKIN IAW SRM 51-40-02. REMOVED CORROSION IAW SRM 54-50-01. FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 51-50-01, DETAIL V, PAGE 104. LOCATED AND DRILLED IAW SRM 51-40-05 AND DWG 311N5046. INSTALLED IAW SRM 51-40-02 AND DWG 311N5046. CLASSIFIED AS A CATERGORY A MAJOR REPAIR.