- Difficulty date
- July 14, 2011
- Submitted
- July 18, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N540UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 757222
- Aircraft serial
- 25252
- Aircraft time
- 66,043 hours, 24,286 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW2037
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Punctured
- Location
- Aileron
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- C
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.
What was found
LT WING AILERON UPPER SURFACE HAS NUMEROUS PUNCTURES TO COMPOSITE SKIN.