Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
March 3, 2013
Submitted
March 5, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N519UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
24872
Aircraft time
73,217 hours, 27,403 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
E
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

DURING ACCOMPLISHMENT OF EA5330-04213 OP2, FOUND HFEC CRACK INDICATIONS ON 3 FASTENER HOLES AND AN EXTERNAL 0.3" SKIN CRACK AT THE L1 UPPER FORWARD CORNER. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. REPAIRED EXTERNAL FUSELAGE SKIN AT L1 DOOR UPPER FORWARD CORNER IAW EA5330-04213 AND ECRA 5331-01687. ACCOMPLISHED HFEC -NO CRACKS. INSTALLED DOUBLER AND TRIPLER.