Service difficulty report · Frame · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
August 26, 2002
Submitted
September 5, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N546UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25367
Aircraft time
39,131 hours, 11,700 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Frame
Condition
Corroded
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

AFT PIT STATION 1420 FUSELAGE FRAME HAS DENT IN UPPER CAP ABOVE STRINGER 26L AND HAS EXCESSIVE MATERIAL LOSS AT RBL 14 AND LBL 2 TO LBL6. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. REPLACED FRAME SECTION FROM PRODUCTION SPLICE AT STRINGER 24L TO CARGO DOOR SILL AT STRINGER 26R.