# SDR SWAA2026091494051

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: September 8, 2026
- Submitted: October 5, 2026
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N7844A](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7844A), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 737752
- Aircraft serial: 35118
- Aircraft time: 62,616 hours, 34,804 cycles
- System (JASC): [5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5330)
- Part: Skin
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: Zone 100
- Stage of operation: IN
- How discovered: V
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA2026091494051

## Discrepancy

EXTERNAL FUSELAGE CHEM-MILL SKIN INSPECTION A CRACK INDICATION WAS OBSERVED AT BS 780 AT STR 1.  AT OVER 65% FULL SCREEN HEIGHT (FSH). WITH PAINT REMOVED THE INDICATION WAS CONSISTENT AND REPEATABLE AT OVER 70% FSH AND THEREFORE REJECTABLE PER NDT MANUAL PART 4 53-30-07. TSR SUBMITTED PER TASK CARD. TSR# 2026005838 C\W 26-153-02475 (AD - N7844A - VQQ - REPAIR - FUSELAGE - SKIN - BTW BSTA 767 & 787 - BELOW S-1 - CRACK) C\W 26-153-02475 (AD - N7844A - VQQ - REPAIR - FUSELAGE - SKIN - BTW BSTA 767 & 787 - BELOW S-1 - CRACK) C\W 26-153-02475

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