What was found
FOUND 5 INCH CRACK ON L/E COMPOSITE PANEL, O/B OF NR 2. ENGINE ABOUT 3 FT BACK OF LEADING EDGE. STARTED PREP FOR COMPOSITE REPAIR STARTED BLENDING AREA.
- Difficulty date
- March 15, 2010
- Submitted
- March 18, 2010
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N177UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 747422
- Aircraft serial
- 24384
- Aircraft time
- 82,025 hours, 10,086 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW4056
- System (JASC)
- 5730 · Wing, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Panel
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Wing
- 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.