Service difficulty report · Spring · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
March 31, 2013
Submitted
April 1, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N506UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
24627
Aircraft time
73,023 hours, 27,364 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Spring
Condition
Broken
Location
Access Panel
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

LEFT AFT FUSELAGE FAIRING AREA, SLIDE SERVICE ACCESS PNL HAS LARGE GAP AT HINGE AND LATCH ENDS. FOUND SPRINGS IN HINGE BROKE AND NOT ALLOWING PANEL TO LAY FLAT. ECRA 5365-01072 GENERATED. TAPED PANEL PER ECRA. INSP EACH FLIGHT. PERMANENT REPAIR NOT TO EXCEED 73140 TT.