Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737752

Difficulty date
September 21, 2011
Submitted
October 4, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N784XA
Make and model
Boeing 737752
Aircraft serial
33784
Aircraft time
25,678 hours, 13,151 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Cargo Door
Component
Door
Component part number
143A611031
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

DURING TRANSIT CHECK, MX PERSONNEL DETECTED 1 DENT WITH NICK ON FWD CARGO DOOR SKIN AT STA 467 BETWEEN LONGERONS 19 AND 20 OF 1.562 LONG, 1" WIDE AND 0.047" DEPTH. MX PERSONNEL CONFIRMED THAT THE DENT WAS OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 52-30-01. ACFT WAS SENT TO THE HANGAR AND THE FORWARD CARGO DOOR WAS REPLACED IAW SRM MM 52-31-00, ALL CORRECT. ADDITIONALLY, PERSONNEL ISSUED THE NON ROUTINE CARD A0181044 AND FORWARD CARGO DOOR WAS REPAIRED IAW MESSAGE BOEING NR AMX-AMX-11-0443-02B AND NDT INSPECTION WERE PERFORMED, NO CRACKS WERE FOUND IAW NDTM PART 6 51-00-00, FIG 23, ALL CORRECT.