Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737201

Difficulty date
February 27, 2003
Submitted
April 14, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Boeing 737201
Aircraft time
53,957 hours
Engine
Pwa JT8D9A
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Part time
54,897 hours, 52,590 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

(CAN) FUSELAGE SKIN CRACK APPROXIMATELY 3 INCHES IN LENGTH BETWEEN BS 767+10 AND BS 787 - STR 17 LT REPAIR IAW 737-200 SRM 53-30-3 FIG.1.