SDR DL73K011204

Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737232

Difficulty date: July 20, 2001
Submitted: July 27, 2001
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N304DL
Make and model: Boeing 737232
Aircraft serial: 23076
Aircraft time: 51,089 hours, 40,134 cycles
System (JASC): 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
Part: Skin
Condition: Cracked
Location: Fs 960, S-17l
Stage of operation: IN
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 / SKIN ASSY / AFT ENTRY DOOR (L2) / LWR FWD CORNER:CRACK REPAIR THE LOWER FORWARD CORNER OF THE AFT ENTRY DOOR CUTOUT WAS FOUND WITH A TYPICAL CRACK THROUGH THE SKIN AND UNDERLYING BEAR STRAP. THE CRACK WAS REMOVED WITH A 1.25" X 2.2" CUTOUT. THE CUTOUT WAS REPAIRED WITH A STACK-UP OF THREE EXTERNAL ALUMINUM REPAIR DOUBLERS INSTALLED PER ER/A 381368-14, REV A.