Service difficulty report · Threshold · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
October 22, 2009
Submitted
October 23, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N547UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25368
Aircraft time
66,908 hours, 19,495 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Threshold
Condition
Damaged
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
C
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

PRESSURIZED DOOR 4R, FOUND LOWER FWD & AFT CORNERS OF DOOR FRAME MISSING REN WHERE THRESHOLD PLATE MEETS. APPLIED TAPE TO AREA, PRESSURIZED AIRCRAFT STILL LEAKS AT LOWER FWD AREA & THRESHOLD PLATE LOOKS DAMAGED WITH DENTS IN CORNER & CENTER SECTION OF THRESHOLD PLATE HAS TWO HOLES WHERE PREVIOUS WELDS WERE. SENT THRESHOLD TO SFO TO HAVE THEM REPAIR DAMAGE. INSTALLED REPAIRED THRESHOLD PLATES AND SEALED. INSTALLED GIRT BAR PLATES AND ADJUSTED, OP'S CHECKED GOOD. INSPECTED AS REQUIRED. OP CHECKS GOOD.