Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737490

Difficulty date
July 23, 2014
Submitted
August 13, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N797AS
Make and model
Boeing 737490
Aircraft serial
28892
Aircraft time
50,736 hours, 28,407 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
65C2631026
Part serial
2184
Condition
Chafed
Location
Rt Wing Te Flap
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

RIGHT INBD MID FLAP IS CHAFED AT THE VERY INBD TOP SIDE, JUST AFT OF INBD SIDE SEAL. ACFT GROUNDED. CHAFE ON RT INBD MID FLAP UPPER SKIN WAS ON A EXISTING REPAIR. REPAIRED UPPER SKIN IAW SRM 57-53-01-2R-3.