Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737

Difficulty date
November 9, 2021
Submitted
April 28, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N770SA
Make and model
Boeing 737
Aircraft serial
30589
Aircraft time
69,290 hours, 41,022 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Bulged
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

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: SKIN HAS BULGE AT RIVET BS 397 S-20R. 8-72 ; / [01] REMOVED RIVET AT FUSELAGE SKIN BS 397 S-20R PER REF B737 SMR 51-40-02-0G-0;[08] ACCOMPLISHED DVI ON STRUCTURE AT INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL AREAS OF BULGE. FOUND STRINGER 20R WITH DENT AND TOOLING MARKS ON AFT SIDE OF WHERE FASTENER WAS REMOVED PER B737-700 SRM 51-10-04-0G-0; [10] PERFORMED HFEC ROTOR INSP ON FASTENER OPEN HOLE. IAW B 737 NDT PART 6 51-00-00 PROC 16. TOOL NORTEC 600. BC 166316. CALIB DUE 10-8-22. NO CRACKS FOUND.;[24] FABRICATED AND HEAT TREAT REPLACEMENT STRINGER CLIPS P/N 143A1010-19 AND 143A1010-74 FOR S-20R REF ADD 21-153-03573.; [25] VERIFIED 24. OK TO TREAT AND PRIME CLIPS.; [26] TREATED AND PRIMED NEW CLIPS REF B737-700 SRM 51-20-01-0G-0.; [27] INSTALLED 95% OF FASTENERS AT S-20R BETWEEN STA 380 AND STA 420 REF B737-700 SRM 53-00-03-2R-1 FIG 203.; [30] INSTALLED NEW REPLACEMENT STRINGER CLIPS P/N 143A1010-19 AND 143A1010-74 AT S-20R REF ADD 21-153-03573.; [31] COMPLETED INSTALLATION REPAIR PARTS AT S-20R BETWEEN STA 380 AND STA 420 REF B737-700 SRM 53-00-03-2R-1 FIG 203 TABLE 202.; [37] AFTER FURTHER EVALUATION OF DAMAGE AREA ON SKIN S-20R AT BS 397 FOUND STRINGER 20R WITH DENT AND TOOLING MARKS ON AFT SIDE OF WHERE FASTENER WAS REMOVED; ACCOMPLISHED REPAIR OF DAMAGE STRINGER PER EA 21-153-03573; [38] VERIFIED STEPS 36 AND 37.