What was found
FWD ENTRY DOOR CUTOUT UPPER HINGE HAS 2 EA FASTENER HOLES CRACKED. AFT ROW 1 EA ABOVE AND 1 EA BELOW HINGE CUTOUT. INSTALLED EXTERNAL SKIN DOUBLER AT HINGE CUTOUT.
- Difficulty date
- October 4, 2007
- Submitted
- October 5, 2007
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N373UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 737322
- Aircraft serial
- 24638
- Aircraft time
- 51,211 hours, 35,382 cycles
- Engine
- Ge CFM56*
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.