Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737852

Difficulty date
June 7, 2021
Submitted
June 22, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Boeing 737852
Aircraft serial
35116
Aircraft time
56,461 hours, 20,758 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Vertical Stab
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

08.06.2021 22:36 SEVERAL SCRATCHES, DENTS, NICKS IN VERTICAL STABILIZER SKIN. DURING TRANSIT CHECK, IT WAS DETECTED A SEVERAL HOLES, SCRATCHES, DENTS, NICKS IN VERTICAL STABILIZER DORSAL SKIN. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL PERFORMED A REVISION, DETECTING HOLE OF 2" IN RH VERTICAL STABILIZER DORSAL SKIN AT STA 996.4 AND WL 44.0; A SCRATCH IN LEADING EDGE VERTICAL STABILIZER SKIN OF WITH 0.625” LENGTH, 0.093" WIDTH AND 0.005" DEPTH AT RH LEADING EDGE STA 144.58; A DENT WITH GOUGE IN LEADING EDGE VERTICAL STABILIZER SKIN OF 0.625" LENGTH, 0.375" WIDTH AND 0.027" DEPTH AT STA 181.33; A SCRATCH IN RH FUSELAGE SKIN OF 0.875" LENGTH, 0.0625" WIDTH AND 0.026" DEPTH AT STA 622.5 BETWEEN S-10R AND S-9R;ALLOWABLE DAMAGE 5, PARAGRAPH 2.B (5); DAMAGES WERE REMOVED IAW SRM 55-00/30-01-1A-1, ALLOWABLE DAMAGE 1, PARAGRAPHS 4.A AND 4.B.(2)(D), TABLE 101, FIGURES 102/103, DETAILS C/D; UT INSPECTION WERE PERFORMED IAW B737 NDTM PART 4, 51-00-00 PROCEDURE 2, PART 6, 51-00-00 PROCEDURE 23; BLENDED OUT AREAS WERE STRUCTURALLY ACCEPTABLE AS PERMANENT IAW MESSAGE BOEING NUMBER AMX-AMX-21-0246-02B, ALL CORREC