SDR DL73E992218

Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737247

Difficulty date: October 4, 1999
Submitted: March 26, 2000
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N245WA
Make and model: Boeing 737247
Aircraft serial: 23519
System (JASC): 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
Part: Skin
Part number: 65458001205
Condition: Cracked
Location: R1 Doorway
Stage of operation: IN
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

FUSELAGE, SKIN ASSY, R1 DOOR CUTOUT, LOWER AFT CORNER, CRACK REPAIR. THE FUSELAGE SKIN, DOUBLER, AND BEAR STRAP WERE FOUND WITH A 1.5 CRACK AT THE LOWER AFT CORNER OF THE R1 DOOR CUTOUT. THE CRACK WAS REPAIRED WITH THREE EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLERSPER B737 SRM 53-30-3, FIG 26 AND ER/A 368409-14.