Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 7372J8

Difficulty date
December 14, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N235WA
Make and model
Boeing 7372J8
Aircraft serial
22859
Part
Skin
Part number
6545768
Condition
Damaged
Location
Fs 380-400
Stage of operation
IN
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

THE FUSELAGE SKIN WAS GOUGED BETWEEN FS 380 AND FS 400. THE DAMAGE CUT OUT MEASURES APPROX 4.9 BY 23.1. THE NEWLY DAMAGED SECTION IS BETWEEN 2 PREVIOUSLY DAMAGED SKIN SECTIONS, REPAIRS ACCOMPLISHED PER ER/A'S 230787-14 AND 230789-14. IN ADDITION, AN EXISTING DENT HAS BEEN CUT OUT FWD OF FS 380, ABOVE STR 19R, 2.8 BY 5. THIS ER/A SUPERSEDES PREVIOUS SUBJECT ER/A'S. THE SKIN IS MANUFACTURED FROM 0.036 2024-T3 CLAD SHEET WITH A BONDED 0.036 2024-T3 CLAD WAFFLE DOUBLER. INSTALLED NEW REPAIR PER DL ERA 302905-14.

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