What was found
AFT CARGO BAY, BS 1440 ABOVE STRINGER 27R, CARGO FLOOR SUPPORT TEE UPPER SURFACE CORRODED. BLENDOUT WAS OUT OF LIMITS PER NDT MANUAL PART 4 SRM 51-00-00 FIG 2. REPLACED TEE FROM BS 1380 TO 1440 AT STR 27 PER SRM 51-40-02.
- Difficulty date
- November 14, 2012
- Submitted
- November 16, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N553UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 757222
- Aircraft serial
- 25277
- Aircraft time
- 67,112 hours, 24,941 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW2037
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Tee Fitting
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Bs 1440
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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