What was found
FUSELAGE EXTERIOR SKIN WAS FOUND CORRODED ON INNER SURFACE BETWEEN STATION 480 - 500 & STRINGER 46R TO 47R, IN THE AREA COMMON TO THE TCAS ANTENNA. REPAIR WAS ACCOMPLISHED.
- Difficulty date
- January 18, 2014
- Submitted
- January 20, 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
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Corroded
- 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.