Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737242C

Difficulty date
September 19, 2003
Submitted
October 15, 2003
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Boeing 737242C
Aircraft time
61,924 hours
Engine
Pwa JT8D9A
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Part time
65,308 hours, 51,452 cycles
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) WHILE LOOKING AT FUSELAGE ON THE LT SIDE,THE TECHNICIAN WAS QUESTIONNING WHAT SEEM TO BE A SCRATCH MARK. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION AND INTERIOR LINING REMOVAL,IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE SCRATCH WASINDEED A CRACK IN THE FUSELAGE LOCATED AT FUSELAGE STA 771, BETWEN STRINGER 16L AND 17L.THE CRACK WAS 2 INCHES LONG,BETWEEN STA 771 AND STA 773 ABOVE FLOOR LEVEL. CRACK WAS REPAIRED USING 737 SRM.