Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737347

Difficulty date
April 2, 2003
Submitted
April 30, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N309WA
Make and model
Boeing 737347
Aircraft serial
23442
Aircraft time
47,102 hours, 32,401 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
6545775594
Condition
Gouged
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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 HMV INSPECTIONS, THREE (3) DENTS WERE FOUND IN THE FUSELAGE SKIN BETWEEN FS 757 AND 767 IN THE BAY BETWEEN STRINGERS 20R AND 21R. ADDITIONALLY, FOUR (4) DENTS WERE FOUND BETWEEN FS 757 AND 767 IN THE BAY BETWEEN STRINGERS 21R AND 22R. ALL DENTS WERE WITHIN SRM LIMITS EXCEPT ONE (1) DENT JUST ABOVE STRINGER 22R, WHICH WAS CUTOUT. THE THREE (3) REMAINING DENTS BETWEEN S21R AND 22R WERE REWORKED AND A DOUBLER WAS INSTALLED OVER THE FOUR (4) DAMAGE LOCATIONS BETWEEN S21R AND 22R PER DAL ER/A 412529-14.