Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737232

Difficulty date
April 13, 2000
Submitted
April 19, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N311DL
Make and model
Boeing 737232
Aircraft serial
23083
Aircraft time
46,389 hours, 37,565 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
65458001133
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 ASSY BELOW THE L1 DOOR CUTOUT LOWER SILL NEAR THE AFT CORNER WAS FOUND WITH A 1 INCH CRACK. THE CRACK IS TYPICAL OF BAC S/B 737-53-1083. THE CRACK WAS ROUTED OUT AND REPAIRED WITH TWO REPAIR STRAPS ON A TIME-LIMITED BASIS PER THE S/B. THE REPAIR WAS DOCUMENTED PER ER/A 369780-14.