Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
July 29, 2002
Submitted
August 6, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N565UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
26669
Aircraft time
33,650 hours, 12,398 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Stage of operation
IN
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

2 CRACKS AT FWD SIDE OF LH FUSELAGE BETWEEN WINDOWS 10 AND 11. FIRST CRACK IS ABOVE ORANGE PAINT STRIPE ABOUT 10 INCHES AND IS ABOUT ONE TO ONE-AND-A-HALF INCHES LONG. THE AFT CRACK IS AT THE TOP PORTION OF THE ORANGE PAINT STRIPE JUST AFT OF PATCH LOWER AFT CORNER ABOUT ONE INCH LONG. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. SKIN DOUBLERS INSTALLED.