Service difficulty report · Frame Splice · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
April 16, 2008
Submitted
April 17, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N592UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
28143
Aircraft time
39,857 hours, 14,767 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Frame Splice
Condition
Gouged
Location
Bs 1520
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

AFT PIT STA 1520 FRAME SPLICE GOUGED BETWEEN STR 22R AND 24R. REMOVED DAMAGE FABRICATED AND INSTALLED RPR PER SRM 53-00-07 RPR 5 TABLE II ZONE 1. RPR IS A CAT B RPR AND REQUIRES SUPPLEMENTAL VISUAL AND NDT INSPECTIONS STARTING AT 50,000 TOTAL FLIGHT CYCLES AND 12,000 FC THERE AFTER. CURRENT FC= 14767