Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
January 13, 2012
Submitted
February 3, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N540UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25252
Aircraft time
67,130 hours, 24,681 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Skin
Condition
Dented
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

DENT REPORTED ON LT FUSELAGE FORWARD OF DOOR 2L. DENT AT BS 620 STR 15L AND MEASURES 1 X 1 X .09 OPBLM. ACP EDDY CURRENT, NO CRACK PERFORMED INTERIM REPAIR PER ECRA 5330-04 194 PART 1 OK TO CONTINUE AND PERMANENT REPAIR OF THE FUSELAGE SKIN AND STRINGER AS REQUIRED WITHIN 5 CYCLES MARKED WITH DOT. RE-INSPECTION REQUIRED BY QC AT THE FIRST MAINTENANCE OPPORTUNITY WHERE GROUND TIME ALLOWS. BACK DRILLING DOUBLER AND TRIPLER. -RPR- :ACCOMPLISHED REPAIR PER ECRA: 5330-04199.