Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737232

Difficulty date
March 28, 2002
Submitted
April 3, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N313DL
Make and model
Boeing 737232
Aircraft serial
23085
Aircraft time
52,808 hours, 40,198 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

FUSELAGE / AFT GALLEY DOOR CUTOUT / LOWER HINGE CUTOUT : CRACK REPAIR THE LOWER HINGE CUTOUT OF THE AFT GALLEY DOOR CUTOUT (R2) WAS FOUND WITH A .5 INCH CRACK IN THE SKIN ASSY AND UNDERLYING BEARSTRAP. THE CRACK WAS REMOVED WITH A CUTOUT AND REPAIRED WITH 2 EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLERS AND A STRUCTURAL FILLER. THE WORK WAS ACCOMPLISHED PER ER/A 382827-14, REV A.