Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737232

Difficulty date
July 18, 2003
Submitted
August 4, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N331DL
Make and model
Boeing 737232
Aircraft serial
23103
Aircraft time
47,782 hours, 37,739 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
6545769158
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

A SCRATCH AND DENT WAS FOUND IN THE FUSELAGE SKIN JUST BELOW THE C1 CARGO DOORWAY EXTENDING FROM FS 460 TO FS 500. AN EXISTING REPAIR WAS FOUND AT THE FORWARD LOWER CORNER OF THE DOORWAY. THIS REPAIR WAS REMOVED AND AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLER TRIPLER AND FILLER WERE INSTALLED OVER THE PREVIOUS REPAIR AREA AND INCORPORATING THE CUT OUT DENT/SCRATCH AREA. WORK WAS DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ER/A 385217-14.