What was found
FUSELAGE DAMAGE LOCATED 4 INCHES BELOW STRINGER 29L AT STA 655, GOUGE IS 7 INCHES LONG WITH MAX DEPTH .020 INCH. MAJOR REPAIR. DOUBLER IS INSTALLED AT STA 632-642, STR 28L ON LT FUSELAGE EXT SKIN. DOUBLER IS 22 INCHES BY 14 INCHES.
- Difficulty date
- July 23, 2004
- Submitted
- August 3, 2004
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N783UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 777222
- Aircraft serial
- 26950
- Aircraft time
- 32,689 hours, 5,013 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW4090
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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