Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737247

Difficulty date
August 18, 2001
Submitted
September 5, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N237WA
Make and model
Boeing 737247
Aircraft serial
23185
Aircraft time
47,205 hours, 36,810 cycles
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.

What was found

THE UPPER HINGE CUTOUT OF THE AFT ENTRY DOOR (L2) SURROUND SKIN WAS FOUND WITH A .375 INCH TYPICAL CRACK. THE CRACK WAS ROUTED OUT OF THE SKIN AND REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL STEEL DOUBLER PER B737 SRM 53-30-3 FIG. 21A AND ER/A 381563-14, REV A.