Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757204

Difficulty date
May 22, 2016
Submitted
May 23, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N903NV
Make and model
Boeing 757204
Aircraft serial
26966
Aircraft time
73,973 hours, 25,972 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Gouged
Location
Fuselage
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

1ST FUSELAGE SKIN GOUGE DAMAGE. THE GOUGE STARTS 3 INCHES OTBD OF STRINGER 27L TO 1 INCH OTBD OF STRINGER 27R, ALONG THE LOWER SECTION OF THE FUSELAGE. THE GOUGE DAMAGE MEASURES 20 INCHES LONG BY 0.125 INCHES WIDE WITH DAMAGE DEPTHS RANGING FROM 0.001 INCH TO A MAX DEPTH OF 0.024 INCHES. THERE ARE TWO DENTS ALONG THIS GOUGE WITH THE FIRST DENT MEASURING 2 INCHES BY 1.75 INCH WITH A MAX DEPTH 0.043 INCHES. THE SECOND DENT MEASURES 1.38 INCH BY 2.25 INCH WITH A MAX DEPTH OF 0.043 INCHES. REWORKED & BLENDED FS SKIN AT 1200 - 1300, BETWEEN STRINGERS 28L & 26R IAW EA 25-2016-139.