Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737232

Difficulty date
September 8, 2000
Submitted
September 14, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N325DL
Make and model
Boeing 737232
Aircraft serial
23097
Aircraft time
47,253 hours, 37,147 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Gouged
Location
Fuselage
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

THE FUSELAGE SKIN WAS FOUND WITH A GOUGE AT THE STRINGER 25R SKIN LAP SPLICE AT FS 847. THE GOUGE WAS IN THE UPPER SKIN OF THE LAP ONLY AND WAS REMOVED WITH A CUTOUT IN THE SKIN. THE CUTOUT WAS REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLER, INSTALLED PER ER/A 378486-14, REV A.