Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737282C

Difficulty date
September 23, 2011
Submitted
September 23, 2011
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N826AL
Make and model
Boeing 737282C
Aircraft serial
23051
Aircraft time
56,334 hours, 66,237 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Part time
56,334 hours, 66,237 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
E
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

DURING THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF ECO 3735, FORWARD ENTRY AND FORWARD GALLEY SERVICE DOORWAY UPPER AND LOWER HINGE CUTOUT INSPECTION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE FORWARD ENTRY DOOR, LOWER HINGE CUTOUT HAS 1 EACH CRACKED FASTENER HOLE. CRACK IS IN THE LOWER B-5 HOLE, DETERMINED BY EDDY CURRENT.