# SDR UALA2012090404936

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: August 25, 2012
- Submitted: September 8, 2012
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: N554UA
- Make and model: Boeing 757222
- Aircraft serial: 26644
- Aircraft time: 71,947 hours, 21,462 cycles
- Engine: Pwa PW2037
- System (JASC): [5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5330)
- Part: Skin
- Condition: Dented
- Location: Fuselage
- Stage of operation: IN
- How discovered: V
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/UALA2012090404936

## Discrepancy

SKIN DENTED 15 INCHES BELOW WATER DRAIN BELOW 2L.   INSPECTED SKIN WITH HFEC IAW NDT 51-00-01. NO CRACKS FOUND.  REPAIRED DENT IAW SRM 53-00-01 FIG 201 REPAIR 3.  HFEC ACCOMPLISHED IAW NDT MANUAL PT 6 51-00-19 AND 51-00-16.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain, except the copies of manufacturers’ service documents, which belong to their rights holders.