What was found
AFT PIT FRAME UPPER FLANGE HAS EXCESSIVE MAT LOSS AFTER BLENDOUT OF DAMAGE AND CORROSION, STATION 1320 BETWEEN STRINGER 28L AND 27L. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. INSTALLED STRAP REPAIR.
- Difficulty date
- March 14, 2002
- Submitted
- March 26, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N530UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 757222
- Aircraft serial
- 25043
- Aircraft time
- 37,696 hours, 13,917 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW2037
- System (JASC)
- 5311 · Fuselage Main, Frame
- Part
- Frame
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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