Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
July 26, 2011
Submitted
August 17, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N780UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26944
Aircraft time
60,856 hours, 10,938 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4077
Part
Skin
Condition
Dented
Location
Bs 276-287
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

SKIN DENTED AT STA 276.7 - 287.5. S27L - S28L. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED: REMOVED DAMAGE. HFEC. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED REPAIR IAW SRM, REPAIR 6. HOLES IN CRITICAL FASTENER ROW HAVE BEEN ZERO TIMED. INSPECTION REQUIRED AT 30,000 CYCLES WITH REINSPECTION AT 16,OOO CYCLE INTERVALS. CURRENT PTC = 10938.