Service difficulty report · Frame · Boeing 737232

Difficulty date
December 20, 2000
Submitted
January 2, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N306DL
Make and model
Boeing 737232
Aircraft serial
23078
Aircraft time
48,221 hours, 38,180 cycles
Part
Frame
Part number
654655820
Condition
Misinstalled
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

THE RH FRAME AT FS 907 WAS FOUND WITH A SMALL PILOT HOLES ADJACENT TO FOUR OF THE FIVE HOLES COMMOJN TO THE FRAME SPLICE BETWEEN STR 13R AND 14R. THE PILOT HOLES WERE IN THE SIDE FRAME ONLY. THE FRAME WAS CUT ABOVE STR 15R AND A NEW SECTION WAS SPLICED IN PER ERA 396540-14 AT HMV.