- Difficulty date
- May 1, 2016
- Submitted
- May 4, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N178UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 747422
- Aircraft serial
- 24385
- Aircraft time
- 103,694 hours, 12,225 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
EXTERNAL FUSELAGE SKIN AT BS 180 - 190, BETWEEN STRINGER 42L - 42AL, HAS AN EXISTING BLEND OUT REPAIR. EVALUATED BLEND OUT & FOUND OUT OF LIMITS OF SRM 53-00-01 FIG 101. REMOVED DAMAGE & ACCOMPLISHED NDT FOR CRACKS, NONE FOUND. FABRICATED & INSTALLED EXTERNAL DOUBLER & FILLER REPAIR IAW SRM 53-00-01 REPAIR 1 FIG 201.