Service difficulty report · Nose Cowl · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
April 29, 2010
Submitted
April 30, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N544UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25322
Aircraft time
69,470 hours, 19,974 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2040
Part
Nose Cowl
Condition
Dented
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

RAMP REPORTED DENT IN NR 2 ENG NOSE COWL 6 O'CLOCK POSITION. EVALUATED DENT APPROX DIMENSIONS ARE 3.5 IN L X 2 IN W .090 DEPTH BEYOND ALLOWABLE LIMITS. APPEARS TO BE PREVIOUS REPAIR. IAW UA-EVA-73731 PERFORMED EDDY CURRENT (HFEC) INSP. NO DEFECTS NOTED. NO CRACKS FOUND. INSP TO BE REPEATED EVERY A CHECK UNTIL PERMANENT REPAIR IS ACCOMPLISHED BY NEXT C6 CHECK.