Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737347

Difficulty date
May 31, 2003
Submitted
July 3, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N3301
Make and model
Boeing 737347
Aircraft serial
23181
Aircraft time
50,250 hours, 34,588 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
6545775594
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

THE FUSELAGE SKIN WAS FOUND WITH A 3 INCH CRACK JUST ABOVE STRINGER 24R AND A 2 INCH CRACK JUST BELOW STRINGER 24R. THE CRACKS RAN ALONG THE BONDED WAFFLE DOUBLER MILL LINE. THERE WAS AN EXISTING EXTERNAL DOUBLER REPAIR IN THE AREA FOR SIMILAR PREVIOUS CRACKING. THE AREA OF SKIN BETWEEN FS 720D & 747 AND BETWEEN STRINGERS 20R & 25R WAS CUT TO REMOVE DAMAGE AND DOUBLER. A NEW SECTION OF SKIN WAS SPLICED.