Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737247

Difficulty date
May 23, 2000
Submitted
May 30, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N373DL
Make and model
Boeing 737247
Aircraft serial
23520
Aircraft time
35,092 hours, 29,682 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
655298873
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

THE FUSELAGE SKIN, BONDED DOUBLER, AND BEAR STRAP WERE FOUND WITH A TYPICAL CRACK IN THE LOWER FORWARD CORNER OF THE AFT ENTRY DOOR CUTOUT (L2). THE CRACK WAS REMOVED IN ALL THREE MEMBERS WITH A 1.9 CUTOUT. THE CUTOUT WAS REPAIRED WITH THREE EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLERS PER B737 SRM 53-30-3, FIG 24 AND ER/A 377366-14, REV A.