SDR UALA2011120506656

Service difficulty report · Stringer Splice · 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
System (JASC): 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
Part: Stringer Splice
Part number: 143N3800U13
Condition: Gouged
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 - FUSELAGE STRINGER SPLICE GOUGED IN INNER U-CHANNEL RADIUS'S, UPPER AND LOWER, AT BS 783 AND STRINGER 16L SPLICE. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED: REMOVED STRINGER SPLICE AND ATTACH ANGLE, LOCATED AND DRILLED NEW STRINGER SPLICE, P/N 143N3800U13, AND INSTALLED PER SRM ON NON ROUTINE 28328.