Service difficulty report · Skin Panel · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
March 18, 2016
Submitted
March 22, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N793FD
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
26698
Aircraft time
70,126 hours, 24,432 cycles
Part
Skin Panel
Part number
175N20014
Condition
Delaminated
Location
Vertical Stab
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

RIGHT VERTICAL STAB FIXED PANEL EXTERNAL SURFACE BETWEEN AUXILIARY SPAR & FRONT SPAR & APPROX BETWEEN FSS 220.521 & 245.652, HAS DELAMINATION. RT VERTICAL STABILIZER FXED PANEL FOUND DELAMINATED IAW SRM 55-30-01-1A FIG 101, NOT REPAIRABLE. FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS R & R WITH NEW PANEL, PN 175N2001-4 BATCH 0002929938 IAW SRM 51-40-02-06 & DWG 175N2001 PANEL INSTALLED, MAJOR REPAIR.