Service difficulty report · Scuff Plate · Boeing 7377H4

Difficulty date
August 8, 2025
Submitted
September 12, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N224WN
Make and model
Boeing 7377H4
Aircraft serial
32493
Aircraft time
64,161 hours, 38,577 cycles
Part
Scuff Plate
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 200
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

FWD SERVICE DOOR SCUFF PLATE IS CRACKED AT AFT EDGE. REMOVED ALL THE COATINGS AND OTHER UNWANTED FROM THE SCUFF PLATE BEFORE WELDING PER SRM 53-10-15-2R-1 STEP 4.B.(3). WELDED THE DAMAGED AREA ON SCUFF PLATE IAW SRM 53-10-15-2R-1 STEP 4.B.(4). INSPECTED WELDED AREA PER SOPM 20-20-02. NO CRACKS NOTED.<BR>SANDED THE REWORKED SURFACES AND EDGES OF THE SCUFF PLATE AS NECESSARY TO GET A SURFACE ROUGHNESS OF 125RA OR SMOOTHER PER SRM 53-10-15-2R-1 STEP 4.B.(6).

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