Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737824

Difficulty date
December 4, 2019
Submitted
December 17, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N27239
Make and model
Boeing 737824
Aircraft serial
28951
Aircraft time
64,787 hours, 23,403 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
143A32524
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

FOUND DENT IN FUSELAGE SKIN APPROXIMATELY 6" AFT AND 3" ABOVE THE FORWARD CARGO DOOR FORWARD UPPER CUTOUT.NO DMG DOT IN THE AREA. ON OR BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT REACHES 34000 TOTAL AIRCRAFT FLIGHT CY CLES PERFORM AN INSPECTION PER PART 2 OF ECRA 5331-02497. PLANNI NG TO CONTACT EG AFTER 31000 CYCLES BUT BEFORE 320000 CYCLES. ACCOMPLISH PERMANENT REPAIR PER PART 3 OF ECRA 5331-02491 WITHIN 50,000 TOTAL AIRCRAFT FLIGHT CYCLES. PLANNING TO CONTACT ENGINEERING AFTER 45,000 TOTAL FLIGHT CYCLES BUT BEFORE 48,000 FLIGHT CYCLES FOR PERMANENT REPAIR REQUIREMENTS IN REFERENCE WITH ECRA 5331-02491 TOMC-APPROVAL FROM SC1ELBYC COMMENT INSP C/W CORRECTING SOURCE REFERENCE TO ECRA 5331-02497 WITH CORRECTED CRAFT FLIGHT CYCLES, PERFORM AN INSPECTION PER PART2 OF ECRA LIMITAIONS OF:ON OR BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT REACHES 34,000 TOTAL AIR BUT BEFORE 32,000 CYCLES FOR THE INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS. 5331-02497.