Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737

Difficulty date
March 3, 2022
Submitted
March 31, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N763SW
Make and model
Boeing 737
Aircraft serial
27877
Aircraft time
74,817 hours, 44,183 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Corroded
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

CORROSION ON UPPER FUSELAGE SKIN AT BS 1016+25 LBL 8; BS 1016+25 RBL 6; BS 1016+29 LBL 4; BS 1016+30 LBL 6. ACCESS FROM 232BL / [01] REMOVED CORROSION ON FUSELAGE CROWN SKIN; B.S. 1040+.5 TO B.S. 1064+13; STR2L TO STR2R PER SRM 51-10-02-0G-0.;[02] VERIFIED CORRECTIVE ACTION 1.;[03] ACCOMPLISHED UT INSPECTION IAW NDTM D6-37239 PART 4; 51-00-00 PROC 2; LOWEST REMAINING THICKNESS IS .059 ADJACENT TO .063. ATS2341 E650;[04] ADDITION TO ACTION 3; 'SEE GRID';[05] CERTIFY ACTION 4;[06] CORROSION REMOVAL REQUIRED BLENDING OVER 17 FASTENERS AND THEREFORE IS OUT OF LIMITS PER SRM 53-00-01-1A-1.;[07] VERIFIED CORRECTIVE ACTION 6.;[08] PERFORM NDI (UT) OF SKIN IS (ATTACHED GRIDS) ORIGINAL THICKNESS IS 0.080.;[09] UT THICKNESS TESTED BLENDED AREAS MARKED WITH 1/2' GRID PER 737NDT PART 4 51-00-00 PROCEDURE 2. FILLED OUT GRID MAP WITH ALL DIMENSIONS. LOWEST REMAINING THICKNESS AS FOLLOWS: <BR>BS 1064 LH .078'; BS 1064 RH .076; BS1064+3 .077'.<BR><BR>TOOL E650 ATS2341;[10] FUSELAGE SKIN CORROSION REPAIRED AND RESTORED ON EA 22-153-00760 REV: A BARCODE TTG8Q00B9J6P.;[11] VERIFIED CORRECTIVE ACTION 10.