- Difficulty date
- March 13, 2015
- Submitted
- March 13, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Boeing 757222
- Aircraft serial
- 24743
- Aircraft time
- 767 hours, 28,835 cycles
- Part
- Torque Tube
- Part number
- 113N21081
- Part serial
- 0016
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Te Flap
- 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
LEFT INBD FLAP TORQUE TUBE INTERNAL CAVITY CORRODED. REMOVED LOWER INBD STRESS PANEL IAW SRM 51-40-02. R & R INBD FLAP, INBD TORQUE TUBE IAW CMM 57-53-43. REINSTALLED LOWER INBD STRESS PANEL IAW SRM 51-40-02. CORROSION FOUND OUT OF LIMITS IAW CMM 57-53-43 REPAIR 8 - 1 ON OLD TORQUE TUBE. MAJOR REPAIR.