Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737724

Difficulty date
November 17, 2025
Submitted
December 5, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N14704
Make and model
Boeing 737724
Aircraft serial
28765
Aircraft time
85,085 hours, 30,965 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Zone 100
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

DAMAGE ON THE FWD CARGO DOOR SILL, DAMAGE TO THE OUTER & INNER SKIN OF THE LAP SPLICE BS 490, S24R. DAMAGE OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 53-00-01-1A-6. IAW AVO 16027 STEP 1. PERFORMED INSPECTION OF DAMAGED AREA, USING A 20" RADIUS. NO FURTHER DAMAGE NOTED. IAW AVO 16027 STEP 1A. INNER SKIN DAMAGE MEASURES .200" IN LENGTH BY .150" IN DEPTH. OUTER SKIN DAMAGE MEASURES .400" IN LENGTH BY .300" WIDE. PERFORMED SURFACE HFEC OF BENT SKIN SEGMENT IAW PART 6, 51-00-00, PROCDURE 23. NO CRACKS NOTED. REMOVED FASTENERS, BLENDED OUT DAMAGE, & REWORKED SKIN IAW AVO 16027 STPS 3-5. REF AVO 16027 C/W STEPS 6,7,8. PERFORMED HFEC OF BLENDED EDGES AND AREAS, HFEC OF OPEN FASTNER HOLES, AND FASTNER HOLE COUNTERSINK HFEC. NO CRACK INDICATIONS NOTED. COMPLETED STEP 9 OF AVO16027. REF AVO 16027 C/W STEP 10 PERFORMED HFEC OF REWORKED SKIN SEGMENT REF PART 6 51-00-00 PROCEDURE 23. NO CRACKS NOTED. AVO 16027 IS NOW COMPLETE VERIFIED COMPLETION OF STEPS 1-11 WERE ACCOMPLISHED PER AVO 16027 REV ORIG. PERFORMED STEPS 12 ,A-F OF AVO 16027 REV A. REF AVO 16027 REV A VERIFIED STEP 12 A-F AND C/W STEP G PERFORMED HFEC INSPECTION ALONG VERIFIED ALL RII STEPS HAVE BEEN COMPLIED WITH AND SIGNED OFF ACCORDINGLY IN ECRA 5330-07652 REV A AS PER GMM 09-25-05