Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737524

Difficulty date
June 22, 2010
Submitted
June 23, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N14653
Make and model
Boeing 737524
Aircraft serial
28914
Aircraft time
32,522 hours, 17,365 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 - L-1 DOOR LOWER HINGE CUTOUT BOTTOM HOLE HAS CRACK INDICATION VERIFIED BY HFEC. TRIMMED OUT SKIN, INSTALLED A REPAIR DOUBLER REF ECRA5330-04033 & INITIATED A DIP (53-DIP CONTROL #05684) BEFORE THE ACCUMULATION OF 72,365 TOTAL FLIGHT CYCLES, PERFORM AN INSPECTION PER PART 2 OF ECRA5330-04033. PLANNING CONTACT ENGINEERING AFTER 66,000 TOTAL FLIGHT CYCLES BUT BEFORE 67,000 FOR INSPECTION DETAILS. QC BEFORE THE ACCUMULATION OF 72,365 TOTAL A/C FLIGHT CYCLES, PERFORM INSPECTION PER PART 2 OF ECRA5330-04033. PLANNING CONTACT ENGINEERING AFTER ACCUMULATION OF 66,000 TOTAL FLIGHT CYCLES BUT BEFORE 67,000TOTAL FLIGHT CYCLES FOR INSPECTION DETAILS DIP#5684.