Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
July 20, 2005
Submitted
July 26, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N780UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26944
Aircraft time
36,438 hours, 6,945 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4077
Part
Skin
Part number
141W1325
Condition
Damaged
Location
Fuselage
Part time
36,438 hours, 6,945 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

LT UPPER FUSELAGE EXTERNAL SKIN STA 398, STR 1L HAS PREVIOUS BLEND-OUT AND REQUIRES VERIFICATION OF MATERIAL LOSS WITHIN LIMIT OF SRM. PRE-EXISTING BLEND REPAIR. BLEND WAS CUT OUT AND REPAIRED PER 777 SRM 53-00-01, REPAIR 7.