Service difficulty report · Rail · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
February 3, 2011
Submitted
February 11, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N793UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26946
Aircraft time
59,993 hours, 8,755 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4090
Part
Rail
Part number
451W411023
Condition
Damaged
Location
Fwd Cargo
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, LT SIDE GUIDE HAS 1.2 FT SCRATCH FROM STA 575 AND HALF IN CRACK AT STA 590 IN FWD CARGO. THIS SIDE GUIDE RAIL IS LT SECOND RAIL FROM FWD. CKD AND NEED SHEET METAL REPAIR OR REPLACE THE WHOLE SIDE RAIL ASSY LT SIDE STA 540-640. REPLACED RAIL ASSY.