What was found
SMOKE APPEARING FROM RIGHT WING. SMOKE WAS ACTUALLY ONE END OF A RUBBER SEAL THAT HAD BECOME DISLODGED AND WAS FLUTTERING AT 500 MPH. DISLODGED PART OF THE SEAL END WAS CUT AND SURFACE REPAIRED.
- Difficulty date
- April 9, 2003
- Submitted
- June 3, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N771UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 777222
- Aircraft serial
- 26932
- Aircraft time
- 30,711 hours, 6,245 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW4077
- System (JASC)
- 5720 · Wing Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Seal
- Condition
- Deteriorated
- Location
- Rt Wing
- Part time
- 30,715 hours, 6,247 cycles
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.