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

2ND FUSELAGE SKIN GOUGE DAMAGE. THE GOUGE STARTS AT STRINGER 28R TO 5 INCHES FROM STRINGER 26R. THE GOUGE DAMAGE MEASURES 8 INCHES LONG BY 0.50 INCHES WIDE WITH DAMAGE DEPTHS RANGING FROM 0.002 INCHES TO A MAX DEPTH OF 0.007 INCHES. REWORKED & BLENDED FS SKIN AT 1200 - 1300, BETWEEN STRINGERS 28L & 26R IAW EA 25-2016-139.