Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737790

Difficulty date
April 10, 2013
Submitted
April 16, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N609AS
Make and model
Boeing 737790
Aircraft serial
29752
Aircraft time
46,138 hours, 20,842 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
146A3201
Condition
Dented
Location
Bs 896
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

CHECK DENT AT STA NR 896 W/L236 ACFT GROUNDED. CHECKED LIMITS ON FUSELAGE SKIN AT STA 896 W/L 236 ORIGINAL THICKNESS IS .100 WIDTH IS .650 AND LENGTH IS 3 DEPTH IS .020 W/Y=32.5 FOUND TO BE WITHIN LIMITS IAW SRM 53-00-01 TOPCOAT IAW AMM 51-21-44.