Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737724

Difficulty date
December 2, 2025
Submitted
December 8, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N23721
Make and model
Boeing 737724
Aircraft serial
28940
Aircraft time
82,965 hours, 30,635 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
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

DURING HOLE PROBE INSPECTION FOUND DEFECT IN ONE FASTENER COMMON TO S-27L AT STA 372 AND ONE FASTENER COMMON TO SHEAR TIE AT BS 372 ABOVE S27AS IAW SRM 51-10-02, REAMED HOLE IN SHEAR TIE AREA, SKIN ONLY, TO .233" CRACK INDICATION GONE, REAMED HOLE IN STR 27L, SKIN ONLY, TO .308" STILL HAVE CRACK INDICATION AT 6:00 LOOKING FWD, HFEC ACCOMPLISHED IAW MANUAL PART 6, 51-00-00, PROCEDURE 16 USING 0.03. NOTCH CALIBRATION. REMOVED ALL EXISTING FASTENERS IN REPAIR AREA, TRIMED OUT SKIN DAMAGE, REMOVED SHEAR TIE AT BS 380 BETWEEN STR 26L-27L. IAW AVO 721-25-11-25-01 STEP A(1-3). REMOVED SHEAR TIE AT BS 380 BETWEEN STR. 26L-27L. IAW AVO 721-25-11-25-01 STEP A(1-3). ACCOMPLISHED HFEC HOLE PROBE OF EXISTING FASTENER HOLES COMMON TO SKIN, STRINGERS AND SPLICES IAW NDT PART 6, 51-00-00, PROCEDURE 16. HFEC COUNTERSINK INSPECTION AT ALL REMOVED FASTENER LOCATIONS IAW NDT MANUAL PART 6, 53-00-00, PROCEDURE 4. A DVI IAW SRM 51-10-04 OF ALL UNDERLYING STRUCTURE WITHIN 10" OF DAMAGED AREA. HFEC SURFACE INSPECTION OF TRIM EDGE OF SKIN TRIM OUT PER NDT PART 6, 51-00-00, PROCEDURE 23. ACCOMPLISHED IAW AVO 721-25-11-25-01, STEP A(4-7). ACCOMPLVERFIED ALL STEP REGARDING EC/RA 5331-03194.