Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
October 22, 2012
Submitted
October 31, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N513UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
24810
Aircraft time
72,288 hours, 27,072 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Skin
Condition
Dented
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

SMALL DENT REPORTED BY RAMP AND LOCATED PROX AT 6 FEET FWD OF DOOR 2L THRESHOLD LEVEL AREA. SAMC TEXT: DAMAGE IS AT STR 575 AND WL S15, IT IS APPROX 2 INCH WIDTH & 2 INCH LONG WITH 0.094 DEPTH, IT IS 2 AND 1-4 FROM SKIN SPLICE. CORRECTION, DENT IS MORE THEN 3 INCH FROM SKIN SPLICE PER MECH. INSTALLED INTERIM REPAIR PER ECRA 5330-04346.