Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
May 10, 2021
Submitted
May 26, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N586AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35189
Aircraft time
49,130 hours, 14,829 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
143A313173
Condition
Dented
Location
Bs 500f-500g
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

LH FUSELAGE UPPER LOBE EXTERNAL SKIN HAS A DEEP DENT, BS 500F - BS 500G,S-5L. GROUNDED - YES. EVALUATED DENT ON THE FUSELAGE SKIN AT STA 500J+10, STR-5L, LBL 33 MEASUREDW=0.690" Y= 0.097, W/Y=7.113 FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS IAW B737-800 SRM 53-00-01-1A-1 FIGURE 103, DETAIL G. ACCOMPLISHED CUT OUT OF DAMAGED SKIN AND INSTALLED A CATEGORY "B" REPAIR IAW B737-800 SRM 53-00-01-2R-35 REPAIR 35, WITH AN INSPECTION THRESHOLD OF 50,000 FLIGHT CYCLES AFTER AIRPLANE DELIVERY PER TABLE 202.