# SDR 96UAL900677

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: August 30, 1996
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N9032U](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9032U), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 737222
- Aircraft serial: 19070
- Engine: Pwa JT8D7B
- System (JASC): [5311 · Fuselage Main, Frame](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5311)
- Part: Frame
- Part number: 65465436
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: Bs 685
- Part time: 57,962 hours
- Stage of operation: IN
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96UAL900677

## Discrepancy

AT  R-CHECK VISIT, AN INSPECTION OF THE BODY STATION 685 FRAME INTEGRAL RIBS, FOUND THE FORWARD RIB AT WL 202 CRACKED AND PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED PER SERVICE BULLETIN 737-53-1055.  A NEW CRACK WAS ALSO FOUND PROPAGATING OUTBOARD FROM THE OUTBOARD STOP HOLE THAT EXTENDS INTO THE VERTICAL OUTBOARD FLANGE FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 INCH.  REPLACED BODY STATION FRAME 685 PER THE STRUCTURAL REPAIR MANUAL.

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