Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737232

Difficulty date
May 22, 2003
Submitted
May 27, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N329DL
Make and model
Boeing 737232
Aircraft serial
23101
Aircraft time
47,956 hours, 37,890 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
6545800602
Condition
Dented
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

FUSELAGE SKIN FS 344, S-19R TO S-20R - DENT: A DENT WAS REPORTED APPROXIMATELY 2 INCHES BELOW THE LOWER EDGE OF THE UPPER SKIN OF THE LAP SPLICE AT S-19R. THE DENT MEASURED 2.2 X 1.5 X 0.057 INCH DEEP. THE SKIN PANEL IS 0.036 INCH SKIN WITH A 0.036 INCH INTERNAL BONDED DOUBLER. DAL ER/A 384904-14 CUTS OUT THE DENT, WHICH AFFECTS ONLY THE 0.036 INCH SKIN (NOT THE BONDED DOUBLER), AND INSTALLS A 0.040 INCH 2024-T3 CLAD SHEET REPAIR DOUBLER THAT EXTENDS ACROSS THE S-19R LAP SPLICE.