What was found
STA 620 BETWEEN STR 16L AND 17L HAS HOLE DAMAGE. HOLE DAMAGE CAUSED DURING INSTALLATION OF AN EXTERNAL FUSELAGE SKIN REPAIR. SHEAR TIE WAS REMOVED, A REPLACEMENT SHEAR TIE WAS FABRICATED AND INSTALLED.
- Difficulty date
- March 10, 2005
- Submitted
- March 15, 2005
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N582UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 757222
- Aircraft serial
- 26702
- Aircraft time
- 39,363 hours, 13,587 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW2037
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- W
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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