Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737852

Difficulty date
November 1, 2021
Submitted
December 8, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Boeing 737852
Aircraft serial
36700
Aircraft time
36,496 hours, 13,248 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Dented
Location
Lt Wing Le
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

DENT ON LH WING FIXED LEADING EDGE SKIN.DURING TRANSIT CHECK, IT WAS DETECTED A DENT ON LH WING FIXED LEADING EDGE SKIN. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL PERFORMED A REVISION, DETECTING A DENT OF 1.9" LENGTH, 1.022" WIDTH AND 0.051" DEPTH ON LH WING FIXED LEADING EDGE SKIN STA KRAS 169; DENT WAS EVALUATED AND FOUND OUT OF LIMITS, INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED ON DENTED AREA, SKIN WAS RECONFORMED, INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED ON BOTH SIDES OF RECONFORMED SKIN, RECONFORMED SKIN WAS ACCEPTABLE AS PERMANENT REPAIR, LEADING EDGE FLAP WAS REMOVED AND INSTALLED, ALL CORRECT.