Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737852

Difficulty date
November 18, 2020
Submitted
January 27, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N950AM
Make and model
Boeing 737852
Aircraft serial
35115
Aircraft time
53,864 hours, 20,696 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Corroded
Location
Aft
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
E
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

REVISION, DETECTING A BULGE OF 2.00" LENGTH, 0.875" WIDTH AND 0.1875" DEPTH AND A DENT OF 1.3125" LENGTH, 1.0625" WIDTH AND 0.021" DEPTH WITH THREE FASTENERS DAMAGES IN FUSELAGE SKIN RIGHT COUNTER FRAME APU ACCESS DOOR. APU COWL DOOR WAS REMOVED, IAW AMM 52-48-21-000-801 APU COWL DOOR WAS REMOVED, IAW AMM 52-48-21-000-801. FASTENERS WERE REMOVED, IAW SRM 51-40-02-0G-0, PARAGRAPH 4E HFEC INSPECTION ON OUTER SKIN, FILLER, OPENED FASTENER HOLES AND COUNTER WAS PERFORMED, IAW B737 NDTM PART 6, 51-00-00 PROCEDURES 23 AND 16, NO CRACKS FOUND. FASTENERS WERE INSTALLED AND REPAIRS WERE STRUCTURALLY ACCEPTABLE, IAW MESSAGE BOEING NUMBER AMX-AMX-20-0731-06B A DETAILED VISUAL INSPECTION WITH 10X MAGNIFICATION AND BRIGHT LIGHT ON ALL EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL STRUCTURE SURROUNDING 20 FROM THE EDGES OF THE DENT AREA WAS PERFORMED, IAW SRM 51-10-04-0G-0, ADDITIONAL DAMAGES WERE NO FOUND AND PERMANENT REPAIRS AT 10 FC WERE PERFORMED, IAW MESSAGE BOEING NUMBER AMX-AMX-20-0731-07B. APU ACCESS DOOR WAS INSTALLED, IAW AMM 52-48-21-400-801, ALL CORRECT.