Service difficulty report · Fitting · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
December 6, 2011
Submitted
December 8, 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
Fitting
Part number
143N83489
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 L-2 DOOR AFT DOOR FRAME, INSIDE STRINGER FITTING GOUGED AT BS 728 AND STR 16L. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. REMOVED THE L-2 DOOR STRINGER FITTING, P/N 143N8348-9, AND FABRICATED A NEW REPLACEMENT FITTING AND INSTALLED PER REO G14319, REV C AND EC-RA 5310-05425 ON NON ROUTINE 28282. PER EC-RA, THIS REPAIR IS INTERIM CATEGORY C, AND REQUIRES REPLACEMENT IN 24 MONTHS OR 3, 000C, 085625 WHICHEVER OCCURS FIRST. CURRENT PTC IS 21645C. OSTF IS P2591.