N343UA
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
| Operator | Role | Period | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNITED AIRLINES, INC. (CALA) | Operator | on 1992-01-03 | Operator named in NTSB report |
Accident & incident history
Operated by UNITED AIRLINES (per NTSB report)
Maintenance disclosures
Service Difficulty Reports filed with the FAA for this airframe. Filing is largely voluntary — the number of reports is not a measure of reliability. To verify a report, search its control number at the FAA SDRS site.
42 reports on file, 1996-02-27 – 2005-07-11.
Part: BATTERY PACK — DISCHARGED (DOOR 1R) · airframe 49,344 hrs · 27,291 cycles
EXTERIOR EMERGENCY LIGHT NEXT TO DOOR 1R WON`T ILLUMINATE. BATTERY PACK NOT HOLDING CHARGE. REPLACED OK.
Part: BATTERY PACK — DISCHARGED (RT OVERWING) · airframe 49,344 hrs · 27,291 cycles
RIGHT OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT SIGN AND SIDEWALL EXIT LIGHT INOP. LOW BATTERY REPLACED, OK.
Earlier reports · 1996–2004 · 40 reports
2004
Part: SLIDE — DISLODGED (L-1 DOOR) · airframe 47,508 hrs · 26,290 cycles
DOOR 1L SLIDE HAS SLID DOWN FROM ITS MOUNT. UNIT WAS INSPECTED AND FOUND TO BE OK. SLIDE WAS REINSTALLED.
Part: LIGHT — INOPERATIVE (GALLEY) · airframe 46,746 hrs · 25,842 cycles
FWD GALLEY EEL FLOOR LIGHT INOPERATIVE. REPLACED EEL GALLEY FLOOR STRIP.
Part: WIRE — INOPERATIVE (EMERGENCY LIGHT) · airframe 46,251 hrs · 25,539 cycles
EMERGENCY ESCAPE LIGHTING INOP FROM ROWS 15-21. REPLACED FEEDER CABLE ROWS 14-21.
2002
Part: RELAY — DEFECTIVE (STABILIZER TRIM) · airframe 42,542 hrs · 23,247 cycles
HORIZONTAL STABILIZER TRIM CIRCUIT BREAKER, AND THEN THE FLAP CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED FAULTY CIRCUIT BREAKER C210 AND RELAY R64.
Part: WARNING LIGHT — ILLUMINATED (COCKPIT) · airframe 42,507 hrs · 23,223 cycles
AIRCRAFT LANDED UNDER AMBER ALERT WHEN BOTH LT AND RT DC FAIL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT. SUPPLEMENTAL DATA UPDATE RESET C-B GEN POWER CONT ON P6-5. OPS CHECKED NORMAL
Part: FLOOR SUPPORT — CORRODED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 42,395 hrs · 23,143 cycles
FORWARD CABIN FLOOR SUPPORT CORRODED BS 335 RBL 51 WL 208. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. REPLACED SUPPORT CHANNEL.
Part: FRAME — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 42,395 hrs · 23,143 cycles
FORWARD NOSE STATION 188 FUSELAGE FRAME CRACKED AT STRINGER 17R. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. ANGLE DOUBLER REPAIR AND SKIN DOUBLER INSTALLED.
Part: SEAT TRACK — CORRODED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 42,395 hrs · 23,143 cycles
AFT CABIN STATION 920, WL 208, RBL 47, END OF SEAT TRACK CORRODED AT FASTENER. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. CUT OUT SEAT TRACK, INSTALLED NEW TRACK WITH DOUBLER.
Part: SKIN — DAMAGED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 42,395 hrs · 23,143 cycles
UPPER FUSE SKIN REQUIRES EXCESSIVE MATERIAL REMOVAL TO ELIMINATE DAMAGE AROUND SKY RADIO ANTENNA DOUBLER, APPROX STA 727, STR 2R. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. CUT OUT DAMAGED AREA, MANUFACTURED, AND INSTALLED DOUBLER.
Part: ANGLE — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 42,395 hrs · 23,143 cycles
FWD GALLEY DOOR CUTOUT STOP PAD FITTING, INTERCOSTAL OUTBOARD L ANGLE, CRACKED AT STA 291.5, JUST ABOVE BOTTOM HINGE POINT. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. INSTALLED NEW L ANGLE.
Part: FRAME — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 42,395 hrs · 23,143 cycles
CABIN STA 867, STR 9R, FRAME WEB IS CRACKED AT AIR GRILL ATTACH POINT. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. REPAIR DOUBLER MFG AND INSTALLED.
Part: STRINGER — DAMAGED · airframe 42,395 hrs · 23,143 cycles
FWD CABIN STR 2R IS DRILLED INTO ABOVE STRINGER CLIP AT STA 380. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. REPLACED STRINGER SECTION.
Part: FRAME — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 42,395 hrs · 23,143 cycles
LT CABIN FRAME AT STA 400 IS CRACKED JUST ABOVE STR 9L. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. INSTALLED DOUBLER REPAIR.
Part: FRAME — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 42,395 hrs · 23,143 cycles
LT CABIN FRAME IS CRACKED AT FASTENER HOLE JUST ABOVE AND INBOARD OF STR 9L. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. END OF CRACK DAMAGE REMOVED AND INSTALLED DOUBLER.
Part: STRINGER — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 42,395 hrs · 23,143 cycles
CABIN STA 907, STR 4L. FOUND 2 EA CRACKS IN STRINGER AROUND FASTENERS. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. REPLACED STRINGER.
Part: FRAME — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 42,395 hrs · 23,143 cycles
CABIN STA 827, STR 9L, FRAME WEB IS CRACKED AT AIR GRILL ATTACH POINT. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. REPAIR DOUBLER MFG AND INSTALLED.
Part: FRAME — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 42,395 hrs · 23,143 cycles
CABIN STA 867, STR 9L, FRAME WEB IS CRACKED AT AIR GRILL ATTACH POINT. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. DAMAGED AREA REMOVED AND VERIFIED WITH HFEC, REPAIRED AND STALLED DOUBLER.
Part: FRAME — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 42,395 hrs · 23,143 cycles
CABIN STA 827, STR 9R, FRAME WEB CRACKED AT AIR GRILL ATTACH POINT. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. DAMAGED AREA REMOVED AND REPAIRED WITH HFEC, REPAIRED AND INSTALLED DOUBLER.
Part: STRINGER CLIP — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 42,395 hrs · 23,143 cycles
CABIN STRINGER CLIP AT STA 773, STR 10L WAS CRACKED. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. REMOVED CRACKED CLIP AND REPLACED IT WITH A NEW ONE.
Part: FRAME — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 42,395 hrs · 23,143 cycles
CABIN STA 847, STR 9R FRAME WEB CRACKED AT AIR GRILL ATTACH POINT. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. CUT DAMAGED AREA AND FABRICATED NEW PART AND INSTALLED.
Part: BULKHEAD — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 42,395 hrs · 23,143 cycles
STATION 178 BULKHEAD WEB CRACKED AT RIGHT HAND LOWER RADAR MOUNT OUTBOARD UPPER SIDE RBL 7 INCHES WL 200. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. ACCOMPLISHED DOUBLER REPAIR.
Part: FRAME — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 42,395 hrs · 23,143 cycles
CABIN BODY FRAME WEB IS CRACKED BODY STATION 847 STRINGER 9L. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. SPLICED BODY FRAME WEB .
Part: FRAME — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 42,395 hrs · 23,143 cycles
CABIN STATION 887 AT STRINGER 9L FRAME WEB CRACKED AT AIR GRILL ATTACH POINT. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. INSTALLED FRAME DOUBLER.
Part: BULKHEAD — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 42,395 hrs · 23,143 cycles
STATION 178 BULKHEAD WEB CRACKED AT WL 187 RBL 1 INCH. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. ACCOMPLISHED DOUBLER REPAIR.
Part: ANGLE — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 42,395 hrs · 23,143 cycles
STATION 178 BULKHEAD CRACKED VERTICAL CHORD ANGLE LBL 5.7 INCHES WL 184. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. ACCOMPLISHED DOUBLER ANGLE REPAIR.
Part: STRINGER CLIP — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 42,395 hrs · 23,143 cycles
CABIN STATION 727A, STRINGER 16R, STRINGER CLIP CRACK FASTENER. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. STRINGER CLIP REPLACEMENT.
Part: STRINGER CLIP — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 42,395 hrs · 23,143 cycles
RIGHT HAND AFT CABIN STRINGER CLIP IS CRACKED AND RIVET IS WORKING AT STATION 500B. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. REPLACED STRINGER CLIP.
Part: STRINGER CLIP — GOUGED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 42,395 hrs · 23,143 cycles
STRINGER CLIP AT STRINGER 1 BODY STRINGER 380 IS GOUGED. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. INSTALLED NEW STRINGER CLIP.
2001
Part: BULKHEAD — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 40,638 hrs · 21,973 cycles
BODY STATION 178 BULKHEAD WEB CRACKED UNDER RIGHT HAND LOWER RADAR ANTENNA MOUNT RBL 5 WL 199 APPROX 1 INCH CRACK. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. WEB CRACK REPAIRED.
Part: PRESSURE PANEL — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 40,638 hrs · 21,973 cycles
LEFT HAND HORIZONTAL WEB JUST AFT OF BULKHEAD 178 CRACKED AT WL 207 LBL 28. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. WEB CRACK REPAIRED.
Part: BULKHEAD — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 40,638 hrs · 21,973 cycles
BODY STATION 178 BULKHEAD WEB CRACKED UNDER RIGHT HAND LOWER RADAR ANTENNA MOUNT RBL 5 WL 202 APPROX 1 INCH CRACK. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. WEB CRACK REPAIRED.
Part: BULKHEAD — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 40,638 hrs · 21,973 cycles
BODY STATION 178 BULKHEAD WEB CRACK UNDER LEFT HAND LOWER RADAR ANTENNA MOUNT LBL 5 WL 202 APPROX 1 INCH CRACK. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. WEB CRACK REPAIRED.
Part: PRESSURE PANEL — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 40,638 hrs · 21,973 cycles
RIGHT HAND HORIZONTAL WEB AT STATION 178 AND WL 207 CRACKED. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. REPLACED WEB.
Part: RELAY — FAILED · airframe 39,521 hrs · 21,352 cycles
ALTERNATE EQUIPMENT COOLING EXHAUST OFF LIGHT ILLUMINATED. SUPPLEMENTAL DATA UPDATE THE R-29 BLOWER RELAY FAILED. REPLACED THE R-29 BLOWER RELAY AND R-30 ALTERNATE BLOWER RELAY.
Part: O-RING — LEAKING (JET PUMP) · airframe 38,514 hrs · 20,826 cycles
FUEL WAS NOTICED LEAKING FROM THE TOP OF THE LEFT WING. *S/D* FOUND FUEL LEAKING FROM LEADING EDGE SPAR INBOARD OF NR 2 ENG. REPLACED O-RING ON LOWER JET PUMP. NO LEAKS WITH BOOST PUMPS PRESSURIZED.
Part: PANEL — CRACKED (NR 1 NACELLE) · airframe 38,374 hrs · 20,760 cycles
NR 1 NACELLE STRUT PLUME SUPPRESSOR AFT PANEL CRACKED. *S/D* FOUND PLUME PANEL CRACKED. REPAIRED PANEL.
1999
Part: PCU — FAILED (RUDDER)
RUDDER CONTROL BECAME ERRATIC. *S/D* REPLACED THE RUDDER POWER CONTROL UNIT (PCU). ALSO, ACCOMPLISHED A CHECK OF THE FORCES REQUIRED TO MOVE THE STANDBY RUDDER ACTUATOR INPUT FORCES PER MM 27-21-00-101. INPUT FORCES WERE WITHIN LIMITS AND NO FAULTS WERE FOUND WITH THE PCU WHEN IT WAS TESTED IN THE COMPONENT REPAIR SHOP.
1998
Part: BLEED VALVE — FAILED (NR 2)
RIGHT HAND PACK BECAME INOPERATIVE. *S/D* RIGHT HAND PACK TRIPPED OFF AND COULD NOT BE RESET DUE TO NR 2 HIGH STAGE BLEED VALVE FAILING IN THE OPEN POSITION. REPLACED THE NR 2 HIGH STAGE BLEED VALVE.
Part: AIR VALVE — FAILED (LEFT)
LOSS OF PRESSURIZATION. *S/D* THE LEFT HAND PACK TRIPPED OFF, THEN RESET AND TRIPPED OFF AGAIN. THEN THE RIGHT HAND PACK TRIPPED OFF AND WAS RESET. THE LEFT HAND FAN AIR VALVE FAILED AND WAS REPLACED. THE RIGHT HAND FAN AIR VALVE TEMPERATURE SENSOR FAILED AND WAS REPLACED.
1996
Part: CSD — FAILED (NR 2 ENGINE)
NUMBER TWO GENERATOR TRIPPED OFF LINE ON TAKEOFF AND UNABLE TO RESET. REPLACED NUMBER TWO ENGINE CONSTANT SPEED DRIVE AND GENERATOR. RAN ENGINE, CHECKS OK. SHOP FINDINGS SHOWED THE CONSTANT SPEED DRIVE GOVERNOR TRIM HEAD AND BUSHING WAS LOOSE WHICH WOULD CAUSE IT TO LOCKUP.