Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737752

Difficulty date
July 23, 2019
Submitted
October 9, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N904AM
Make and model
Boeing 737752
Aircraft serial
28262
Aircraft time
50,955 hours, 26,180 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Dented
Location
Bs 223
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
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, MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL DETECTED A DENT OF 3.250" LENGTH, 2.125" WIDTH AND 0.021" DEPTH, IN THE RH FUSELAGE SKIN SECTION 41 OF BODY STATION 223.05 AND WL 211.54; THE HFEC INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED IAW B737 NDTM PART 6 51-00-00 PROCEDURE 23, ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AFFECTED SKIN, NO CRACKS WERE FOUND; THE RATIO OF THE DENT ITS W/Y= 2.125"/0.021"= 101.19 IAW SRM 53-00-01-1A-1 AND SRM 53-16-00, ALLOWABLE DAMAGE LIMITS 1 PARAGRAPH 4.A.3.B. THE DENT WAS FOUND WITHIN LIMITS IAW BOEING MESSAGE AMX-AMX-19-0432-02B, THE FINAL REQUIREMENTS OF DENT EVALUATION WILL BE PERFORMED UNDER WO 5560629 AT NEXT C CHECK.