Service difficulty report · Door · Boeing 747422

Difficulty date
July 11, 2007
Submitted
July 13, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N117UA
Make and model
Boeing 747422
Aircraft serial
28810
Aircraft time
33,882 hours, 4,334 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4056
Part
Door
Condition
Damaged
Location
Cargo
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AFT CARGO DOOR SUSTAINED DAMAGE WHILE CLOSING DOOR. DOOR CAME IN CONTACT WITH CARGO LOADER. DAMAGE AT FWD LOWER CORNER, BEND APPROX 10 INCHES WIDE WITH APPROX 3 INCHES OUTBOARD DEFLECTION. A 1 INCH CRACK VISIBLE AT FWD VIEW PORT. [08-07-07] FWD LOWER CORNER OF AFT CARGO DOOR HAS 8"CRACK. WILL REQUIRE DOUBLER-TRIPLER REPAIR. REMOVED DAMAGE WHERE POSSIBLE, FABRICATED FILLER AND DOUBLER, PICKED UP EXISTING HOLES & USING BLIND FASTENERS, INSTALLED TEMPORARY REPAIR. INSTALLATION PRIMED AND PAINTED, IAW SRM 52-30-01 REPAIR NR 2 AND UA-EVA-70416. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.