Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737277

Difficulty date
January 22, 2002
Submitted
February 11, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N180AW
Make and model
Boeing 737277
Aircraft serial
22647
Aircraft time
60,165 hours, 49,287 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
654580023
Condition
Gouged
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

MCN - MAJOR REPAIR - "C" - DURING C-20 CHECK A GOUGE WAS FOUND ON INNER SKIN AT FRAME TORQUE TUBE BOX OF THE L1 DOOR BS 305, STR 11-12, IN ADDITION TWO EXISTING REPAIRS WILL NEED TO BE INCORPORATED IN CORRECTIVE ACTION. MAINTENANCE REMOVED EXISTING REPAIRS FROM UPPER AND LOWER HINGE CUTOUT AND VERIFIED PREVIOUS TRIM OUT DID NOT EXCEED LIMITS DEFINED IN SRM 53-30-3 FIG 21 & 31 (TRIM OUT IS WITHIN LIMITS). CUTOUT GOUGED AREA OF SKIN AND PERFORMED HFEC INSPECTION TO VERIFY NO CRACKS. FABRICATED AND INSTALLED A GAP COVER PER BOEING SERVICE BULLETIN 737-53-1074. FABRICATED REPAIR 2 EA. REPAIR DOUBLERS AND 3 EA. FILLERS FOR UPPER AND LOWER L1 DOOR HINGE REPAIR AND INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW AWA ER 15-5331-02039-ES2