- Difficulty date
- April 10, 2008
- Submitted
- April 14, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N535UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 757222
- Aircraft serial
- 25130
- Aircraft time
- 56,435 hours, 20,638 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW2037
- Part
- Frame
- Condition
- Dented
- Location
- Bs 540 S24l
- 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
DENTED FUSELAGE FRAME, INBOARD FLANGE AT BS 540 BETWEEN STR 24L AND 25L. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED: CUTOUT DAMAGED FRAME FLANGE. FABRICATED & INSTALLED A REPAIR ANGLE J-SECTION, STRINGER CLIP (P/N 140N2001-80) & SHEAR TIE (P/N 140N2002-664).