Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
May 20, 2021
Submitted
May 21, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N992FD
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
22912
Aircraft time
81,581 hours, 41,281 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
11856272742
Condition
Damaged
Location
Bs 603 S19l
Part time
81,574 hours, 41,274 cycles
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

MAINFRAME - HOLE IN A/C FUSELAGE REPAIR COMPLY WITH E..A. F-5310-T0361682 REV NO. POS. P1 DURING LOADING OPERATIONS AT IND, A LOADER STRUCK THE FUSELAGE BELOW THE MAIN CARGO DOOR AND BOLT PUSHED A HOLE INTO THE FUSELAGE WITH A CORRESPONDING DENT IN THE IMPACT AREA (STA 603.5 AND STRINGER 19L) JUST ABOVE A SKIN SPLICE NEAR THE AFT CORNER OF THE MCD. MINOR REPAIR TO THE FUSELAGE SKIN (EA F-5310-T0361682 PART 1, ERS 21-01979) AS THE REPAIR CONSIST OF A FREEZE PLUG REPAIR WITH SPECIAL CONDITIONS DUE TO THE LOCATION OF THE DAMAGE TO THE LAP JOINT. THIS REPAIR WAS COORDINATED WITH THE STC HOLDER VTMAE AND IS APPROVED BY AN 8110-3. PERMANENT REPAIR TO BE DONE AT C-CHECK