Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737201

Difficulty date
February 7, 2003
Submitted
March 25, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Boeing 737201
Aircraft time
55,046 hours, 49,398 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D9A
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.

What was found

(CAN) DURING A C CHECK AT KELOWNA FLIGHTCRAFT A QUARTER INCH CRACK WAS FOUND AT BS 827. ALSO FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND A 5 INCH CRACK WAS DETECTED,COMMON TO THE LOWER SKIN JUST BELOW THE STR 4R OUTER SKIN LAP JOINT BETWEEN BS 827 & BS 837. BOTH CRACKS WERE REPAIRED PER SRM 53-30-03 FIG 48, DETAIL XIII. TIME-57134.7CYCLES-54518.