SDR FDEA201510193278

Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date: October 19, 2015
Submitted: October 19, 2015
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N788FD
Make and model: Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial: 26686
Aircraft time: 698 hours, 25,496 cycles
System (JASC): 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
Part: Skin
Part number: 148N3213
Condition: Dented
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.

What was found

FUSELAGE EXTERIOR SKIN HAS DENT WITH ASSOCIATED SCRATCH, BELOW STRINGER 24R & FWD OF BS 1768. NOTED DURING EVALUATION OF NR N00049, ACCOMPLISHED EA F-5330-T0320261. FUSELAGE SKIN CREASE, GOUGE & DEEP SCRATCH DAMAGES, BETWEEN BS 1763 & BS 1773, STRINGER 24R TO STRINGER 25R. THIS IS A CAT A REPAIR, MAJOR REPAIR.