Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 7377H4

Difficulty date
October 15, 2020
Submitted
November 18, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N792SW
Make and model
Boeing 7377H4
Aircraft serial
27887
Aircraft time
68,919 hours, 40,833 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
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

CRACK INDICATION FOUND FROM FASTENER HOLE NEAR FITTING LATCHING ON BEAR STRAP AT STA 294.5 3 INCH BELOW STRINGER 8R FWD GALLEY DOOR AREA, CRACK LENGTH= 0.150 INCH APPROXIMATE. PERFORMED CATEGORY B REPAIR ON EXTERNAL SKIN AND BEAR STRAP LOCATED BETWEEN BS 286 AND BS318 AND BETWEEN STRG 7R AND STRG 10R, IAW B737-700 SRM 53-10-01-2R-6 REPAIR 6 FIGURE 202 FOR REQUIREMENT INSPECTION SEE TLD T080502.

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