Service difficulty report · Bulkhead · Boeing 737232

Difficulty date
November 20, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N306DL
Make and model
Boeing 737232
Aircraft serial
23078
Part
Bulkhead
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 178
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

THE STATION 178 BULKHEAD WAS FOUND CRACKED IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS. DAMAGE CUTOUTS ARE: 1 X 1.75 AT RBL 5.7, WL 198; 1 X 1 AT RBL 5.7, WL 201; 1 X 1 AT LBL 5.7, WL 198; 1 X 1 AT LBL 5.8, WL 201; 1 X 1.75 AT LBL 5.7, WL 201. THE BULKHEAD WEB IS FABRICATED FROM 0.032 CLAD 2024-T3. IN ADDITION, THE VERTICAL STIFFENER AT LBL 5.7 WL 184 WAS FOUND CRACKED. THE RESULTING CUTOUT REMOVES THE FLANGE COMMON TO THE BULKHEAD WEB. THE VERTICAL STIFFENER IS MANUFACTURED FROM 7075-T6 EXTRUSION PER BAC1505-100361. REPAIRED PER DAL ER/A 304439-14, REV A.