Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 747422

Difficulty date
November 18, 2011
Submitted
November 18, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N174UA
Make and model
Boeing 747422
Aircraft serial
24381
Aircraft time
85,080 hours, 9,543 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4056
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Fuselage
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

FUSELAGE DAMAGED 4 FEET BELOW F/O'S NR 2 WINDOW, INLINE WITH WINDOW AND AOA SENSOR. DENT IS 2.5' LONG AXIS AND .125\ IN DEPTH. CTR HAS CREASE OR GOUGE. DAMAGE IS APPROX STA 297 BETWEEN RT STRINGER 14 & S14-D WITH NO FRAME CONTACT. CUT OUT DAMAGE TO 1\ FOR PREPARATION FOR SRM53-00-01 REPAIR 7. ACP HFEC FOR DAMAGE RMVL. VERIFIED ALL DAMAGE REMOVED. REPAIRED PER SRM 53-00-01 REPAIR 7 TIME LIMITED EXTERNAL REPAIR REQUIRES RECHECK AT 1000 CYCLES AND REPLACEMENT AT 6000 CYCLES. ** MF1596 CREATED TO MONITOR **^08NOV SFO INF- :CURRENT PTC 7803. REPAIRED IAW 747EN- 53-0367.