Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737924ER

Difficulty date
November 18, 2023
Submitted
December 15, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N38458
Make and model
Boeing 737924ER
Aircraft serial
37199
Aircraft time
36,190 hours, 13,058 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
146A320138
Condition
Damaged
Location
Pnl 146a3201-38
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
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

MISSED DRILLED FASTENER HOLE FOUND IN FUSELAGE SKIN PANEL 146A3201-38 UPON REMOVAL OF PREVIOUS FUSELAGE SKIN REPAIR AT LAV. SERVICE PANEL AT INTERSECTION OF FRAME BS-847 AND STRINGER SR-23L ACCOMPLISHED HFEC INSPECTION OF CUTOUT/REAMED AREA OF MIS-DRILLE D FASTNER HOLES AS SHOWN IN FIG 5 AND STEP/S C-10-E OF AVO11319, REV. E. NO CRACK INDICATIONS NOTED AT THIS TIME. PER. AVO11319 REV. E, STEP: C.10.A THRU D. REAMED/TRIMMED OUT PER. AVO11319 REV. E, STEP: C.10.F & G. FINAL REAMED/TRIMMED HOLE TWO AJACENT DISCREPANT (MISDRILLED) FASTENER HOLES AS SHOWN IN DIAMETER= 0.9450 DIAMETER AND AJACENT FASTENER HOLES FIG.5 ILLUSTRATIVE SKETCH IN UPPER SKIN PANEL, READY TO PERFORM DISTANCES. PROBE INSPECTION ON THE REAMED/TRIMMED OUT HOLE. SHOWN IN FIG. 6, READY FOR HFEC INSPECTION TO THE CUT EDGES REF. NDT MANUAL PART 6, 51-00-00 PROCEDURE 23 ACCOMPLISHED HFEC INSPECTION OF CUT OUT ,NO DEFECTS FOUND REF NDT MANUAL PART 6 51-00-00 PROCEDURE 23 PER. AVO11319 REV. G, STEP: E 1 & SUB B THRU D. UPON FURTHER EVALUATION BY ENGINEERING, IT WAS DETERMINED TO TRIM OUT THE UPPER SKIN (P/N 146A3201-38) TO REMOVE THE DAMAGE AS SHOWN IN FIG. 6. TRIMMED OUT THE DAMAGE IN THE UPPER SKIN AS VERIFIED ALUMINUM MATERIAL AND PO 8608449 PER AVO 11319 AND GMM 09-25-05. PER. AVO11319 REV. G, STEP: H.1. VERIFIED MATERIAL TO FAB -4 NOTE: THE ABOVE UPDATE ENTRY WAS CHANGED TO WORK PREFORMED FOR STRUCTURAL FILLER FROM: 0.080 INCH.