Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
June 3, 2013
Submitted
June 19, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N571UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
26681
Aircraft time
67,208 hours, 24,789 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2040
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Bs 552
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

EXTERNAL SKIN HAS A LIGHTNING STRIKE AT BS 552 FIVE INCHES BELOW S28R. REPAIRED SKIN IAW SRM 53-30-01, FIG 1 AND SRM 53-00-01, FIG 101. NDT INSPECTION IAW NTM PN 6 51-00-16, NO DEFECTS NOTED.