What was found
RT EMPENNAGE APU INLET, FORWARD AND AFT AND AFT FLANGES ARE BULGING. R & R FWD APU INLET FLANGE IAW 5-40-02 AND REPAIRED AFT APU FLANGE IAW SRM 53-80-15, REPAIR 1, DETAIL 1.
- Difficulty date
- June 18, 2013
- Submitted
- July 12, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N534UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 757222
- Aircraft serial
- 25129
- Aircraft time
- 72,004 hours, 26,550 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW2040
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Flange
- Condition
- Bulged
- Location
- Empennage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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