What was found
CORROSION ON UPPER T-CAP WHERE IT ATTACHES TO RT CUSP AT BS 1640. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. REMOVED CORROSION AND FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS. FABRICATED & INSTALLED A NEW SECTION OF T-CAP.
- Difficulty date
- October 16, 2008
- Submitted
- October 28, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N550UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 757222
- Aircraft serial
- 25398
- Aircraft time
- 64,006 hours, 18,558 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW2037
- System (JASC)
- 5315 · Fuselage Main, Floor Beam
- Part
- Floorbeam
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Bs 1640
- 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.