SDR CALA0300474

Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 777224

Difficulty date: August 21, 2003
Submitted: August 21, 2003
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N77012
Make and model: Boeing 777224
Aircraft serial: 29860
Aircraft time: 18,733 hours, 2,225 cycles
System (JASC): 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
Part: Skin
Condition: Dented
Location: Fuselage
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

INSPECTION FOUND THE FUSELAGE EXTERNAL SKIN DENTED AT BS 680 BETWEEN S27L AND S28L. THE SKIN WAS REPAIRED IAW SRM 53-00-01, REPAIR 4, FIGURE 202. A DIP WAS ISSUED TO REINSPECT THE REPAIR WITHIN 30,000 FLIGHT CYCLES, THEN EVERY 16,000 FLIGHT CYCLES.