Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737232

Difficulty date
August 27, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N301DL
Make and model
Boeing 737232
Aircraft serial
23073
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 520
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

A CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE SKIN AT FS 520 AND STR 16L. THE UNDERLYING STRINGER WAS FOUND WITH A TYPICAL CRACK AT THE END OF THE STRINGER AS OUTLINED IN BAC S/B 737-53-1145. THE SKIN WAS REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL DOUBLER PER SRM PROCEDURE AND THE STRINGER WAS REPAIRED PER THE S/B. THE REPAIR WAS DOCUMENTED PER ER/A 365541-14.