What was found
RADOME OPENED FOR INSPECTION AFTER BIRD STRIKE. FOUND RADOME CRACKED & DELAMINATED AT UPPER LEFT EDGE (LOOKING AFT) BY BIRD STRIKE, LATCHED 2-EA MIDDLE LOCKS FOR TAXI TO HANGAR. REPLACED RADOME.
- Difficulty date
- April 27, 2011
- Submitted
- May 27, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N517UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 757222
- Aircraft serial
- 24861
- Aircraft time
- 71,000 hours, 22,375 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW2037
- System (JASC)
- 5350 · Aerodynamic Fairings
- Part
- Radome
- Part number
- 4910200
- Part serial
- 187
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- TO
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- C
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.