Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
June 20, 2012
Submitted
July 18, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N505UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
24626
Aircraft time
78,008 hours, 24,097 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Skin
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

EXISTING AFT FUSELAGE BELLY DOUBLER BETWEEN BS 1701 TO 1720, JUST AFT OF AFT LAV SERVICE PAN, HAS ONLY 2 ROWS OF FASTENERS AT THE BS 1720 CIRCUMFERENTIAL BUTT SPLICE. THIS REPAIR HAS NO HISTORY IN AMIS AND REQUIRES VALIDATION TO THE SRM. MAINT TEXT: REMOVED EXISTING DOUBLER, FOUND ADDITIONAL CORROSION ON BS 1701 FRAME, AFT BULKHEAD FWD AND AFT CHORDS, AND SKIN. REMOVED CORROSION AND ACP'D NDT OF FASTENER HOLES AND SKIN CUTOUT. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED A NEW DOUBLER-TRIPLER, AND NEW FWD AND AFT BULKHEAD CHORDS. INSTALLED REPAIR PER REO G14968, REV D AND EC-RA 5330-04257.