What was found
MED 1 RT UPPER GATE HAS 2 CRACKS ON AFT SIDE OF GATE, CLOSE TO HINGE. REMOVED UPPER GATE FROM DOOR, DRILLED UP NEW GATE READY TO BE INSTALLED. REPLACED NR1 RT MED UPPER GATE ASSY.
- Difficulty date
- December 31, 2009
- Submitted
- January 4, 2010
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N576UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 757222
- Aircraft serial
- 26690
- Aircraft time
- 56,230 hours, 19,906 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW2040
- System (JASC)
- 5210 · Passenger/Crew Doors
- Part
- Gate
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Main Entry
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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