Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737752

Difficulty date
July 20, 2012
Submitted
July 23, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N857AM
Make and model
Boeing 737752
Aircraft serial
33793
Aircraft time
25,372 hours, 13,607 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
737001034
Part serial
N0151
Condition
Damaged
Location
Right Winglet
Part time
25,372 hours, 13,607 cycles
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, DETECTED A LIGHTNING STRIKE, RIGHT WINGLET AND RIGHT OTBD THRUST REVERSER. MX PERSONNEL PERFORMED A LIGHTNING STRIKE CONDITIONAL INSPECTION IAW MM 05-51-19, DETECTING DAMAGES OUT OF LIMITS IN RIGHT WINGLET AND RIGHT OTD THRUST REVERSER AND THE NRC A0191698, A0191699, A0191716 AND A0191917 WERE ISSUED TO REPAIR THE DAMAGES DETECTED; SO THERE WERE REPLACED IAW MM 57-21-21 AND MM 78-31-01, ALL CORRECT.