Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 747422

Difficulty date
January 11, 2014
Submitted
January 13, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N181UA
Make and model
Boeing 747422
Aircraft serial
25278
Aircraft time
92,629 hours, 11,140 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4056
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

FUSELAGE SKIN DAMAGE AFT OF DOOR 5R. DAMAGE CONSISTS OF FOUR SMALL GOUGES & ONE DENT. DEEPEST GOUGE IS .007, LOCATED IN DENT WITHIN SRM53-00-01 DETAIL II ALLOWABLE LIMITS. DENT DIMENSIONS ARE 3.5 X 2 .070 DEEP BEYOND SRM DETAIL III ALLOWABLE LIMITS. DAMAGE LOCATION IS AT STATION 2317 1INCH ABOVE STRINGER 22R FREE OF ANY FASTENERS OR SUBSTRUCTURE. BLENDED GOUGES SMOOTH IAW SRM53-00-01 DETAIL II PG 6. REMAINING SKIN THICKNESS .055, ACP HFEC INSPECTION NO CRACKS FOUND. TREATED, PRIMED,& PAINTED WITH DENT DOT IDENTIFIER APPLIED.