What was found
AFT CARGO BAY, BS 1440 FRAME AT BL 0 FAILSAFE FOUND CORRODED. BLENDED CORROSION, MATERIAL LOSS EXCEEDED SRM LIMITS. NDT BLENDED AREA & OPEN HOLES, NO DEFECTS NOTED. FABRICATED & INSTALLED REPAIR ANGLE IAW ECRA5360-01228.
- 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)
- 5310 · Fuselage Main, Structure
- Part
- Failsafe
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Bs 1440 Frame
- 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.