Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
July 24, 2012
Submitted
August 10, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N548UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25396
Aircraft time
77,872 hours, 22,532 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Skin
Condition
Dented
Location
Bs 600 S15-16l
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 AT BS 600 HAS A SHARP DENT WITH A CREASE BETWEEN STR 15L AND STR 16L. REPAIRED WITH SKIN PANEL INSTALLATION -WEIGHT CHANGE FOR THIS REPAIR IS 9.64 LB INCREASE. SCRIBELINE INSPECTION ACCOMPLISHED, BTW BS 439 TO 661 LH BUTT JOINTS AND SKIN LAPS S-14L AND S-19L