Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
July 7, 2012
Submitted
July 16, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N550UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25398
Aircraft time
77,426 hours, 22,482 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Skin
Condition
Dented
Location
Bs 1595
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

FUSELAGE SKIN DENTED BETWEEN BS 1600-1620 AT STR 15R-16R. DENT LOCATION AT 1510, APPROX DENT CORRECTLY LOCATED AT BS 1595. CORRECTED LOCATION DUE TO ERROR DURING INITIAL EVALUATION. EVALUATED DENT AND FOUND OUT OF SRM LIMITS. CUT OUT DAMAGE AND ACCOMP NDT OF CUT OUT AND OPEN HOLES COMMON TO REPAIR REF NDTM 51-00-19 (PART 6). FABRICATED AND INSTALLED EXTERNAL DOUBLER REPAIR REF SRM 53-00-01 REPAIR NR 3.