Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737247

Difficulty date
October 3, 2002
Submitted
October 22, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N373DL
Make and model
Boeing 737247
Aircraft serial
23520
Aircraft time
41,524 hours, 33,114 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 WAS FOUND WITH A 1.375 CRACK ALONG THE MILL LINE JUST ABOVE STRINGER 16L AT FS 525, AFT OF THE WING SCANNING LIGHT CUTOUT. THE CRACK WAS REMOVED WITH A CUTOUT IN THE SKIN. THE CUTOUT WAS REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL DOUBLER PER B737 SRM AND ER/A 383970-14.