Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 7378

Difficulty date
June 3, 2024
Submitted
June 4, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N5233A
Make and model
Boeing 7378
Aircraft serial
34029
Aircraft time
52,793 hours, 25,645 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
UNKNOWN
Condition
Damaged
Location
Bs 844 S18r
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

EXTERNAL FUSELAGE STA 844 STR18R+5" SKIN PANEL WITH SCRATCH.(<P>PERFORMED BLEND OUT REPAIR AND FOUND STRUCTURALLY ACCEPTABLE TO BOEING IAW COOPESA EO N°: COO-EO-2024-20121-R00 DATED MAY/08/2024 AND BOEING MESSAGE COO-TLS-24-0107-0413 DATED MAY/08/24. DOCUMENTED AND APPROVED ON FAA FORM 8100-9 REF: ID: 202405060171-0002 DATED MAY/14/24. NOTE: THIS 8100-9 IS A FIRST STAGE APPROVAL FOR STATIC STRENGTH AND WILL REQUIRE A NEW 8100-9 TO BE FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH 14CFR26.43 (D) WITHIN 24 MONTHS FROM THE DATE ON THE ATTACHED 8100-9, BOEING WILL FORWARD THE NEW DTA 8100-9 WITHIN 18 MONTHS. TC:25645 / TT:52793:09 </P>)

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