Service difficulty report · Strap · Boeing 737247

Difficulty date
June 12, 2003
Submitted
July 3, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N381DL
Make and model
Boeing 737247
Aircraft serial
23608
Aircraft time
39,610 hours, 31,680 cycles
Part
Strap
Part number
6546568553
Condition
Buckled
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

FS 1016 PRESSURE BULKHEAD / OUTER CIRCUMFERENTIAL TEAR STRAP / STR5L TO 7L - BUCKLING: THE SUBJECT STRAP WAS FOUND BUCKLED BETWEEN FASTENERS FROM THE BULKHEAD WEB SPLICE AT S-7L TO APPROXIMATELY S-6L. THERE IS NO BUCKLING OR OIL CANNING OF THE BULKHEAD WEB. THE TEAR STRAP IS M/F 0.025 INCH CLAD 2024-T3 SHEET. DAL ER/.A 385240-14 INSTRUCTS TO CUTOUT THE DAMAGED TEAR STRAP, VISUALLY INSPECT THE SURROUNDING AREA, HFEC INSPECT FASTENERS IN THE AREA, AND INSTALL A REPLACEMENT SECTION OF TEAR STRAP FROM 0.032 INCH 2024-T3 CLAD SHEET.