SDR DL73K002494

Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737232

Difficulty date: December 20, 2000
Submitted: January 2, 2001
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N321DL
Make and model: Boeing 737232
Aircraft serial: 23093
Aircraft time: 47,146 hours, 36,749 cycles
System (JASC): 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
Part: Skin
Part number: 65737461
Condition: Dented
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

FUSELAGE / SKIN ASSY / FS 960-1000 / STRG. 21L-25L : GROUND DAMAGE REPAIR. THE FUSELAGE SKIN AND UNDERLYING FRAMS AND STRINGERS WERE BADLY DAMAGED BY GROUND EQUIPMENT IMPACT BETWEEN FS 960 & 1000 AND BETWEEN STRINGERS 21L & 25L. THE DAMAGED AREAS OF STRINGERS 22L-24L WERE REMOVED AND NEW SECTIONS SPLICED IN. THE FS 967 & 987 LOWER FRAME SECTIONS WERE REPLACED. A NEW SECTION OF SKIN WAS INSTALLED. THE REPAIRS WERE ACCOMPLISHED PER ER/A 379489-14, REV A.