What was found
CORROSION ON SKIN AREA BS 1616-1625 STR 29L-29R. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. REMOVED DAMAGED SKIN SPLICE PLATE AND FABRICATED A NEW SKIN SPLICE PLATE AND A NEW STRINGER (DUE TO EXCESSIVE MATERIAL LOSS LOCATED BS 1620 BETWEEN S29L-S30).
- Difficulty date
- March 16, 2009
- Submitted
- March 18, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N553UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 757222
- Aircraft serial
- 25277
- Aircraft time
- 56,207 hours, 20,840 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW2037
- 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
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