Service difficulty report · Fastener · Boeing 737232

Difficulty date
August 21, 2000
Submitted
August 25, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N309DL
Make and model
Boeing 737232
Aircraft serial
23081
Aircraft time
47,826 hours, 38,008 cycles
Part
Fastener
Part number
6520722
Condition
Wrong Part
Location
Fuselage Frame
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

DURING ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE FUSELAGE FRAME SPLICE AT FS 440 PER S/B 737-53-1125 IT WAS NOTED THAT FIVE FASTENERS WERE INSTALLED AT THE FACTORY WERE .25 INCHES IN DIAMETER. THE S/B CALLS FOR .2187 INCH FASTENERS. ERA 334853-14 ALLOWS FOR THE .25 INCH FASTENERS. THE MODIFICATION WAS ACCOMPLISHED AT HMV.