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SDR DL73K010406

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Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737232

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Difficulty date
March 9, 2001
Submitted
March 29, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N301DL
Make and model
Boeing 737232
Aircraft serial
23073
Aircraft time
49,254 hours, 39,820 cycles
System (JASC)
5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
Part
Skin
Part number
654658531
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

FUSELAGE / FS 1138 / STRG. 12R / HORIZ STAB CUTOUT : CRACK REPAIR INSPECTIONS OF THE FUSELAGE STRUCTURE AROUND THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER CUTOUT PER BAC S/B 737-53-1134 REVEALED A .5 INCH CRACK IN THE SKIN AND UNDERLYING STRINGER STRAP JUST FWD OF FS 1138 AND JUST ABOVE STRINGER 12R. A 3 INCH CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE STRINGER STRAP AND FRAME STRAP AT THE FS 1138 FRAME AND S-12R INTERECTION. THE SKIN WAS CUTOUT AND NEW SECTIONSOF STRINGER AND FRAME STRAP SPLICED IN PER ER/A 380221-14.