What was found
THE FUSELAGE SKIN WAS FOUND WITH A 3 INCH CRACK AT FS 520 NEAR STRINGER 16L. THE CRACK WAS REMOVED WITH A CUTOUT AND REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLER PER B737 SRM 53-30-3 AND ER/A 380104-14.
- Difficulty date
- February 21, 2001
- Submitted
- February 23, 2001
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N313DL
- Make and model
- Boeing 737232
- Aircraft serial
- 23085
- Aircraft time
- 49,373 hours, 38,724 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- 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.