Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737277

Difficulty date
August 13, 2003
Submitted
September 15, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N186AW
Make and model
Boeing 737277
Aircraft serial
22653
Aircraft time
62,039 hours, 50,495 cycles
Part
Skin
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

DURING C-16 CHECK A .5625 INCHES CRACK WAS FOUND ON EXTERNAL FUSELAGE SKIN OF L-1 DOOR CUTOUT AT FASTENER HOLE LOWER AFT CORNER. MAINTENANCE CUTOUT CRACK ON SKIN OF L-1 DOOR CUTOUT LOWER AFT CORNER AND PERFORMED A HFEC INSPECTION TO VERIFY NO CRACKS EXIST;