Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737524

Difficulty date
April 16, 2010
Submitted
April 19, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N16646
Make and model
Boeing 737524
Aircraft serial
28907
Aircraft time
32,572 hours, 17,326 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
65C338151
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

SUPPORT TASK: STA 303 LOWER HINGE CUTOUT, BTM. FASTENER HOLE HAS CRACK INDICATION ON HFEC PROBE INSP. (REF EA.5330-03736 STEP 20). REPAIRED FUSELAGE SKIN AT L-1 DOOR LOWER HINGE CUTOUT PER EC/RA 5330-04016. SEE WIP ENTRIES FOR WORK PERFORMED. GENERATED DIP 53-DIP CTRL NUMBER 04661 TO PERFORM AN INSP PER PART 2 OF EC/RA 5330- 04016 PRIOR TO 72,262 TOTAL FLT CYCLES. BEFORE THE ACCUMULATION OF 72,326 TOTAL A/C FLT CYC, PERFORM AN INSP PER PART 2 OF ECRA. PLANNING TO CONTACT ENGR AFTER ACCUMULATION OF 66,000 TOTAL FLT CYC BUT BEFORE 67,000 TOTAL FLT CYC FOR INSP DETAIL.