- Difficulty date
- December 6, 2009
- Submitted
- December 8, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N535UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 757222
- Aircraft serial
- 25130
- Aircraft time
- 61,532 hours, 22,642 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW2037
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Bs 1015, S6l
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- 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
FUSELAGE SKIN DAMAGED STA 1015, STR 6L. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED: CUT-OUT DAMAGE IN FUSELAGE SKIN IAW SRM 53-00-01. ACCOMPLISHED HFEC IAW NDT 6-51-00-19, NO CRACKS NOTED. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER AND FILLER IAW SRM 53-00-01.