Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
November 20, 2007
Submitted
November 26, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N533UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25073
Aircraft time
55,467 hours, 20,283 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Skin
Condition
Delaminated
Location
Nr 6 Slat
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

RTFL WITH A DELAMINATING NR 6 SLAT. POSSIBLE BIRD STRIKE. THE RT WING LE AREA INBOARD OF THE ENGINE DELAMINATION AND MISSING MATERIAL. AREA OF DAMAGE IS APPROX 1 FOOT LONG BY 6" WIDE. THIS DAMAGE IS TO THE NR 6 SLAT. REPLACED THE NR 6 LE SLAT