Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737232

Difficulty date
October 26, 2000
Submitted
October 30, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N327DL
Make and model
Boeing 737232
Aircraft serial
23099
Aircraft time
45,771 hours, 37,193 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
654577518
Condition
Punctured
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 STRUCK BY GROUND EQUIPMENT RESULTING IN TEARING AND GOUGING OF THE SKIN. THE DAMAGE WAS REMOVED WITH AN APPROX 20 X 7 INCH CUTOUT BETWEEN FS 896 AND 925 BETWEEN STRINGERS 19R AND 20R. THE SKIN BUTT SPLICE STRAP AT FS 907 WAS ALSO DAMAGED AND HAD A SECTION TRIMMED OUT. THE SKIN WAS REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLER AND THE BUTT SPLICE WITH A STRAP PER ER/A 379043-14, REV A.