Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
April 28, 2010
Submitted
April 30, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N547UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25368
Aircraft time
68,819 hours, 20,054 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2040
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Bs 648.5 S4l
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

LIGHTING STRIKE BLENDED AT STR 4L AND STA 648.5 DAMAGE MEASURES .375 WIDE BY 1.687 INCH LONG. SKIN THICKNESS MEASURES .050 IN UNBLENDED AREA, BLENDED AREA REMAINING THICKNESS MEASURES .033, TOTAL OF .017 MATERIAL MISSING. DAMAGE IS .250 BELOW SKIN LAP. REPAIR ZONE 'C'. CUT OUT DAMAGE USING .5 IN RADIUS. WILL NEED TO CLEAN UP CUTOUT AND EDDY CURRENT OPENING. ALSO DRILLED OUT RIVETS IN SKIN LAP. REPAIR ZONE 'C'. CUT OUT DAMAGE. CLEANED UP CUTOUT AND EDDY CURRENT OPENING. ALSO DRILLED OUT RIVETS IN SKIN LAP. PERFORMED HFEC INSP OF CUTOUT NO DEFECTS NOTED. COMPLETED PATCH REF EVA UA-73738-B.