SDR DL73K020492

Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737232

Difficulty date: April 27, 2002
Submitted: May 2, 2002
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N323DL
Make and model: Boeing 737232
Aircraft serial: 23095
Aircraft time: 47,548 hours, 40,695 cycles
System (JASC): 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
Part: Skin
Condition: Cracked
Location: Fs 747, S-18r
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 / FS 747 / STRG. 18R : CRACK REPAIR THE FUSELAGE SKIN WAS FOUND WITH A 2" LONG CRACK AT THE EDGE OF THE BONDED "WAFFLE" DOUBLER AT STRINGER 18R AND FS 747. THE CRACK WAS REMOVED WITH A CUTOUT AND REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLER PER ER/A 383028-14.