Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737232

Difficulty date
August 22, 2003
Submitted
August 26, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N321DL
Make and model
Boeing 737232
Aircraft serial
23093
Aircraft time
53,945 hours, 40,083 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
6545768265
Condition
Gouged
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

SKIN GOUGE CUTOUT REPAIR. THE FUSELAGE SKIN WAS FOUND GOUGED NEAR THE FWD EDGE OF THE C1 DOOR CUTOUT BETWEEN FS 430 AND 440 AT STRINGER 22R. THE DAMAGE WAS REMOVED WITH A 10.5 X 1.5 INCH CUTOUT. THE CUTOUT WAS REPAIRED WITH 2 EXTERNAL ALUMINUM REPAIR DOUBLERS IAW ER/A 385464-14, REV A.