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
Rt Overwing Exit
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

UPPER FUSELAGE RIGHT AUTOMATIC OVERWING EXIT DOOR OUTER SKIN WITH SCRATCH AT STA 635 ON LEVEL STR 14R-15R.(<P>PERFOMED BLEND OUT ON OVERWING EXIT DOOR OUTER SKIN DUE TO SCRATCH AND FOUND WITHIN FLIGHT OPERATION LIMITS AREA B IAW B737-800BCF SRM 52-20-01-1A-1 PARAG 4C FIG 103, DETAIL D, TABLE 101 AREA B, FIG 104. NOTE, THIS BLEND OUT IS ACCEPTABLE TO BOEING AS A PERMANENT REPAIR DOCUMENTED ON BOEING MESSAGE N° COO-TLS-24-0108-02B DATED MAY/ 08/24. ATATCHED IS A COPY FROM BOEING OF THE REPAIR AND DEVIATION RECORD ( RDR) FORM OF ACCEPTANCE DATED ON MAY/24/24.</P>)

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