Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
May 8, 2013
Submitted
June 3, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N568UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
26674
Aircraft time
66,721 hours, 24,456 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Skin
Condition
Gouged
Location
Bs 705 S27l
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

DEEP GOUGE IN FUSELAGE SKIN BS 705 ON S27L. INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER ON FUSELAGE SKIN AT BS 698 TO 722 S27L IAW SRM 53-00-01 FIG 201 REPAIR 2. HFEC INSPECTION ACCOMPLISHED IAW NDT MANUAL 51-00- 16, NO CRACKS NOTED. MAJOR REPAIR.