Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737247

Difficulty date
January 30, 2003
Submitted
March 4, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N379DL
Make and model
Boeing 737247
Aircraft serial
23606
Aircraft time
41,613 hours, 32,889 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
654576988
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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 480 WAS GOUGED AND CRACKED BY GROUND EQUIPMENT JUST BELOW THE STRINGER 26R SKIN LAP JOINT. THE DAMAGE WAS REMOVED WITH A CUTOUT IN THE SKIN. THE SKIN CUTOUT WAS REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM REPAIR DOUBLER PER ER/A 384498-14.