Service difficulty report · Frame · Boeing 737522

Difficulty date
November 9, 2001
Submitted
November 20, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N919UA
Make and model
Boeing 737522
Aircraft serial
25386
Aircraft time
28,850 hours, 17,594 cycles
Engine
Ge CFM56*
Part
Frame
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
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

NOSE AREA LEFT HAND BODY STATION 188 AT WL 207 FRAME WEB CRACKED. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. REPAIR PERFORMED WHICH REMOVED EXISTING SKIN DOUBLER CUTTING OUT CRACKED SECTION OF WEB AND T-CHORD SECTION. FABRICATED REPAIR ANGLE AND DOUBLER AND INSTALLED. FABRICATED NEW SKIN DOUBLER.