- Difficulty date
- May 28, 2014
- Submitted
- June 3, 2014
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N550UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 757222
- Aircraft serial
- 25398
- Aircraft time
- 84,304 hours, 24,271 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW2040
- Part
- Repair
- Condition
- Dented
- 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
DENT IN FUSELAGE SKIN REPAIR BS 775 & 2 INCHES ABOVE STRINGER 17L. REMOVED EXISTING FUSELAGE SKIN REPAIR BS 775 ABOVE STRINGER 17L. TRIMMED ADDITIONAL DAMAGE & INSTALLED NEW REPAIR DOUBLER & TRIPLER BETWEEN BS 743 - 786 & STRINGER 14L - 18L IAW ECRA 5300-01917 AS AN INTERIM REPAIR. INTERIM REPAIR REQUIRES ADDITIONAL FAA APPROVAL BEFORE 5-23-2016.