What was found
SKIN CRACKS FOUND ON F/O WALKAROUND UNDER LT WING OUTSIDE ENGINE POD. CLOSE INSPECTION FOUND ACCESS PANEL 521AB (ACCESS PLATE FOR LEADING EDGE SLAT OUTBOARD OF NR 1 ENG PYLON) WITH TWO CRACKS. REPLACED PANEL 521AB.
- Difficulty date
- April 6, 2009
- Submitted
- April 8, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N513UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 757222
- Aircraft serial
- 24810
- Aircraft time
- 61,693 hours, 23,040 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW2037
- System (JASC)
- 5730 · Wing, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Lt Wing
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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