Service difficulty report · Shear Web · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
December 3, 2011
Submitted
December 5, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N585UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
26709
Aircraft time
61,110 hours, 21,645 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Shear Web
Condition
Corroded
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

MAIN CABIN SHEAR WEB DOUBLER, AFT PRESSURE DECK PLATE CORRODED AT BS 1680, RBL 58. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. REMOVED CORRODED DOUBLER BETWEEN RBL 45 TO RBL 52 AND FABRICATED AND INSTALLED A NEW REPAIR DOUBLER PER REO G14236, REV C AND UAL EVA 81559 ON NON ROUTINE 28084.