Service difficulty report · Door Frame · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
September 21, 2010
Submitted
September 22, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N216UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
30549
Aircraft time
41,721 hours, 5,320 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4090
Part
Door Frame
Condition
Gouged
Location
Cargo Bay
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

AFT CARGO DOOR FRAME LOWER FWD CORNER HAS A GOUGE MEASURES .4375 WIDTH BY 2.1250 LONG. ACCOMPLISH HFEC INSP OF AFT CARGO DOOR CUTOUT DAMAGE BLENDOUT AT FWD LOWER CORNER FOR CRACKS. ACCOMPLISHED HFEC AT AFT CARGO FUSELAGE CUTOUT FOR DAMAGE BLEND OUT AT LOWER FWD CORNER FOR CRACKS ONLY. NO CRACKS FOUND, REPAIRED IAW EVA-80126. THIS REPAIR IS PERMANENT, CATEGORY A.