A B757-200 WAS DISPATCHED WITH OUT OF LIMITS SKIN DAMAGE TO THE R INBOARD THRUST REVERSER CAUSED BY EXTENDING SLATS AND FLAPS WITH OPEN THRUST REVERSER COWLING.

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I WAS DOING AN 'A' CHK ON ACFT XYZ; AND PER THE PAPERWORK I WAS SUPPOSED TO LOWER THE FLAPS. I LOOKED AROUND TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS NO EQUIP UNDER THE FLAPS AND WENT UP AND TURNED ON HYD. THEN I LOWERED THE FLAPS. MY PARTNER CAME UP AND TOLD ME THAT THE REVERSER COWLS WERE OPEN ON #2 ENG. I HAD FORGOTTEN THAT YOU COULD NOT LOWER FLAPS WITH REVERSER COWL OPEN. SO I RAISED THE FLAPS BACK UP AND WENT DOWN AND FOUND THE DAMAGE. SO THE FIRST THING I DID WAS TO GO TO AXAX; THE CREW CHIEF; AND TOLD HIM WHAT HAPPENED AND THEN I WENT TO AZYX; THE SUPVR; AND TOLD HIM WHAT HAPPENED. AZYX CALLED A SHEET METAL MAN OVER TO SEE WHAT THEY COULD DO WITH IT. HE TOLD AZYX THAT HE THOUGHT IT WAS OUT OF LIMITS; BUT THAT HE WOULD GO BACK TO THE SHOP AND MAKE SURE. I DIDN'T HEAR ANY MORE ABOUT IT FROM THE SHEET METAL MAN. AZYX PULLED ME ASIDE LATER IN THE MORNING AND TOLD ME THAT HE HAD TAKEN CARE OF IT; THAT IT WAS WITHIN LIMITS AND HE HAD PUT IT IN THE DAMAGE LOG. HE GAVE ME A SILVER DOT TO PUT ON DAMAGED AREA. THE NEXT DAY I FOUND OUT THAT AZYX HAD USED MY NAME AND EMPLOYEE NUMBER ON THE RPT IN THE DAMAGE LOG AND THAT THE DAMAGE WAS OUT OF LIMITS. I DID NOT SIGN ANYTHING; NOR DID I KNOW THAT IT WAS OUT OF LIMITS.