Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
May 5, 2021
Submitted
May 26, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N586AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35189
Aircraft time
49,138 hours, 14,831 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
147A31103
Condition
Corroded
Location
Bs 910-924
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

LEFT AFT FUSELAGE SKIN, VACUUM WASTE VENT EXHAUST OPENING CORRODED. GROUNDED - YES. REMOVE CORROSION BY BLENDING ON THE FUSELAGE SKIN AT STA 917, BETWEEN STR-21L AND STR-22L, ORIGINAL THICKNESS 0.125", REMOVED 0.100", REMAININGTHICKNESS 0.025" FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS IAW B737-800 SRM 53-00-01-1A-1DETAIL C, FIGURE 103. CUT AND REMOVED DAMAGE FUSELAGE SKIN AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER, TRIPLER, AND FILLER IAW B737-800 SRM 53-70-01-2R-3 REPAIR3. THIS REPAIR IS A CATEGORY "B" REPAIR WITH AN INSPECTION THRESHOLD OF 50,000 FLIGHT CYCLES AFTER AIRPLANE DELIVERY. CONTACTED SEAMC, NOTIFIED LANCE AT 0900 EST ON 05/17/2021 AND CLEARED "SAD" DEFERRAL, DEFECT # 6756102.