What was found
FWD ENTRY DOOR, LOWER HINGE CUTOUT, 1 FASTENER HOLE SHOWS CRACK INDICATIONS, JUST ABOVE FWD END OF CUTOUT. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED: FABRICATED & INSTALLED EXTERNAL SKIN CRES DOUBLER REPAIR.
- Difficulty date
- April 15, 2008
- Submitted
- April 23, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N203UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 737322
- Aircraft serial
- 24718
- Aircraft time
- 50,869 hours, 29,693 cycles
- Engine
- Ge CFM56*
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Damaged
- 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.