Service difficulty report · Slat · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
August 23, 2011
Submitted
September 16, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N794UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26953
Aircraft time
61,543 hours, 8,819 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW40903
Part
Slat
Condition
Dented
Location
Wing
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

NR 2 LEADING EDGE SLAT HAS DENT IN ZONE 1 INBD END OF SLAT. DENT DIMENSIONS ARE .125" DEEP (Y) AND MAXIMUM WIDTH OF DENT IS 6" (W). REPAIR TO BE DONE WITHIN 100 HOURS. USING A STRAIGHT EDGE TO DETERMINE THE ACTUAL EDGES OF THE DENT, FOUND THE DEPTH OF THE DENT TO BE .160 X 12IN WIDE. DENT GOES FROM WING STA 1170 TO STA 1158. EG EVAL - THE SLAT WILL NEED TO BE REMOVED AND SENT TO SHOP321 FOR RPR. ROUGH ESTIMATE 6 - 8 SHIFTS. -INF- :RQSTD 4 SHIFTS TO START. VIA RQSLOT. SHOP CONCURS SLAT HAS TO COME OFF & GO TO THE SH *OPBLM. RPR- :REWORKED THE DENT IN THE NR 2 SLAT PER SM & SRM. NOW WITHIN LIMITS PER SRM BY SFOLX MECH. NDT FOR CRACKS WAS ACP PER PTT 5432006.