What was found
RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE SLAT NR 8 CRACKED APPROX 69" O/B OF NR 7 LEADING EDGE SLAT AND 16" FWD OF WING TRAILING EDGE. INSTALLED A PERM REPAIR DOUBLER PER ECRA 5750-04472.
- Difficulty date
- August 8, 2012
- Submitted
- September 20, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N543UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 757222
- Aircraft serial
- 25698
- Aircraft time
- 79,234 hours, 23,046 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW2037
- System (JASC)
- 5754 · Leading Edge Devices
- Part
- Slat
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Le Slat
- 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.