Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 7378

Difficulty date
December 7, 2025
Submitted
December 12, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N8962L
Make and model
Boeing 7378
Aircraft serial
68925
Aircraft time
1,464 hours, 757 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 100
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

PERMANENT REPAIR SKIN DEFORMATION WITH EDGE CRACK AND A DENT ON UNDERLYING FRAME. REMOVED FILLET SEAL COMMON TO DOOR SKIN AND DOOR FRAME; UPON REEVALUATION OF DAMAGE; FOUND DAMAGE TO BE LIMITED TO UNPRESSUREIZED AREA OF DOOR SKIN ONLY; NO DAMAGE NOTED TO FRAME OR UNDERLYING STRUCTURE; REMOVED EDGE DAMAGE PER SRM 52-30-01-1A-1; REAPPLIED FILLET SEAL AS REQUIRED PER SOPM 20-50-11; REALODINED; PRIMED AND TOP COAT PER AMM 51-21-00.

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