SDR DL733011450

Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737347

Difficulty date: August 31, 2001
Submitted: September 5, 2001
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N308WA
Make and model: Boeing 737347
Aircraft serial: 23441
Aircraft time: 43,656 hours, 30,673 cycles
System (JASC): 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
Part: Skin
Part number: 654577683
Condition: Gouged
Location: Fs 1000, S-25l/R
Stage of operation: TO
Nature of condition: O
Precautionary procedure: D

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

FUSELAGE / SKIN / FS 907-1156 / STRG. 25L-25R : TAIL STRIKE REPAIR THE FUSELAGE SKIN SUFFERED A TAIL STRIKE ON TAKEOFF WHICH RESULTED IN MULTIPLE GOUGES, SCRAPES, AND HOLES IN THE FUSELAGE SKIN FROM FS 907 TO 1156 AND BETWEEN STRINGERS 25L & 25R. AN UNDERLYING SECTION OF DOUBLER WAS ALSO DAMAGED. A NEW SECTION OF DOUBLER WAS INSTALLED WITH AN ALUMINUM DOUBLER SPLICE REPAIR AND THE TWO DAMAGED SKIN PANELS REPLACED PER ER/A 381560-14, REV A.