Service difficulty report · Structure · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
August 20, 2013
Submitted
August 23, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N507UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
24743
Aircraft time
76,354 hours, 28,702 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Structure
Condition
Cracked
Location
R4 Door
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
C
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

DOOR 4R WOULD NOT CLOSE FROM OUTSIDE. FOUND UPPER HINGE BOX CRACKED THRU ON DOOR. THREE 1.5 INCH LONG RADIATING CRACKS FROM WHAT APPEARS TO BE INTERFERENCE DAMAGE AT FWD END OF TRIGGER MECHANISM AS SEEN FROM EXT OF DOOR. REMOVED DAMAGE. DAMAGE DIMENSIONS 1.625 BY 1.875. HFEC ACCOMPLISHED. NO FURTHER DAMAGE FOUND.