Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
December 15, 2015
Submitted
December 17, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N505UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
24626
Aircraft time
78,008 hours, 24,097 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
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.

What was found

EXISTING AFT FUSELAGE BELLY DOUBLER, BETWEEN BS 1701 TO 1720, JUST AFT OF AFT LAVATORY SERVICE PAN, HAS ONLY 2 ROWS OF FASTENERS AT THE BS 1720 CIRCUMFERENTIAL BUTT SPLICE. THIS REPAIR HAS NO HISTORY IN AMIS & REQUIRES VALIDATION TO THE SRM. REMOVED EXISTING DOUBLER, FOUND ADDITIONAL CORROSION ON BS 1701 FRAME, AFT BULKHEAD FWD & AFT CHORDS, & SKIN. REMOVED CORROSION & ACCOMPLISHED NDT OF FASTENER HOLES & SKIN CUT OUT.