Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737232

Difficulty date
September 8, 2002
Submitted
October 3, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N305DL
Make and model
Boeing 737232
Aircraft serial
23077
Aircraft time
54,498 hours, 41,117 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 FUSELAGE SKIN AT FS 525 AND STRINGER 16R WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED ALONG THE UPPER CHEM-MIL EDGE OF THE INTERNAL BONDED DOUBLER. THE CRACK FOUND WAS APPROXIMATELY 3 INCHES IN LENGTH. THE CRACK WAS NOT FOUND BY DOING INSPECTIONS PER BOEING SB 737-53A1210. THE CRACK WAS REPAIRED PER 737-200 SRM 53-30-3, FIGURE 1.