Service difficulty report · Frame · Boeing 737232

Difficulty date
July 17, 2000
Submitted
July 24, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N308DL
Make and model
Boeing 737232
Aircraft serial
23080
Aircraft time
47,697 hours, 38,122 cycles
Part
Frame
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

ONE CRACK WAS FOUND IN EACH OF THE LEFT AND RIGHT FS 616 IN THE LOWER FASTENER OF THE INNER CHORD AT FRAME TO STUB BEAM JOINT. THE CRACKS WERE 1.25 INCH IN LENGTH AND WERE TYPICAL TO THOSE SHOWN IN S/B 737-53-1182. ERA 334694-14 AUTHORIZES A REPAIR SIMILIAR TO THAT GIVEN IN THE S/B. THE DAMAGE WAS FOUND AT HMV.