Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
August 20, 2010
Submitted
August 20, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N509UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
24763
Aircraft time
66,308 hours, 24,874 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2040
Part
Skin
Condition
Dented
Location
Bs 1473 S28-29r
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

DENT IN FUSELAGE ADJACENT TO AFT LOWER VHF ANTENNA. NOTE DEPTH, SIZE, ADJACENT STRUCTURE, RIVETS AND MARKINGS. DENT MEASURES 2.75 IN WIDE BY 5.5 IN LONG. DEPTH IS APPROX .062 AT STA 1473 BETWEEN S28R AND S29R. NO GOUGES, CRACKS OR LOOSE FASTENERS. LOCATED 7IN FROM CTR VHF ANT CUTOUT. ACP HFEC CK ON EXT SKIN OF INDICATED AREA=NO CRKS DETECTED. THIS ITEM IS TO BE RE-EVALUATED AT THE NEXT C-CHECK.