Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737247

Difficulty date
April 1, 2001
Submitted
April 17, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N244WA
Make and model
Boeing 737247
Aircraft serial
23518
Aircraft time
39,777 hours, 31,590 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
654577561
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

THE FUSELAGE SKIN WAS FOUND WITH A 3 INCH CRACK JUST BELOW STRINGER 18 RT AT APPROXIMATELY FS 760. THE CRACK LOCATION WAS FWD OF AN EXISTING REPAIR FOR SIMILAR CRACKING. THE NEW CRACK WAS REMOVED WITH A 3 INCHES X 1.5 INCHES CUTOUT AND THE EXISTINGREPAIR REMOVED. THE 2 CUTOUTS OF THE PREVIOUS REPAIR AND ALL FASTENER HOLES WERE HFEC INSPECTED WITH NO CRACKING. THEDAMAGED AREAS WERE REPAIRED WITH AN ALUMINUM DOUBLER PER ERA