Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737322

Difficulty date
October 4, 2007
Submitted
October 5, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N373UA
Make and model
Boeing 737322
Aircraft serial
24638
Aircraft time
48,609 hours, 33,763 cycles
Engine
Ge CFM56*
Part
Skin
Condition
Dented
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

LT EXTERNAL FUSELAGE DENT IN SKIN IN RVSM AREA JUST AFT OF CAPTS PITOT STATIC IST AUX STATIC PROBE. MAJOR REPAIR ACP'D, FABRICATED AND INSTALLED EXTERNAL FUSELAGE SKIN DOUBLER AT THE RVSM ZONE, INCLUDING REPLACEMENT OF FRAME OUTER CHORD BS 251.6 & INSTALLED FRAME BS 256.1 WEB DOUBLER REPAIR STR 15L - 16.