Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 747422

Difficulty date
November 23, 2010
Submitted
December 3, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N178UA
Make and model
Boeing 747422
Aircraft serial
24385
Aircraft time
84,591 hours, 10,299 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4056
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Lt Elevator
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

LT INBD ELEVATOR UPPER SURFACE HAS 1 HAIL DAMAGE PENETRATION AT 29 INCH FROM INBOARD END AND 5 INCH FROM TRAILING EDGE, .25 INCH DIAMETER. MADE INTERIM REPAIR REF SRM. MF6666 CREATED TO MONITOR. REPAIRED ELEV ON OV WU B8519W.