Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737247

Difficulty date
February 20, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N242WA
Make and model
Boeing 737247
Aircraft serial
23516
Part
Skin
Part number
6545778
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 951
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 FUSELAGE SKIN AND BONDED DOUBLER AT THE AFT GALLEY DOOR (R2) CUTOUT WAS FOUND WITH A .25 INCH LONG TYPICAL CRACK IN THE LOWER HINGE CUTOUT. THE UNDERLYING BEAR STRAP WAS NOT CRACKED. THE CRACK WAS ROUTED OUT OF THE SKIN ASSY AND REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL DOUBLER PER B737 SRM 53-30-3, FIG 35. ER/A 366744-14, REV A WAS ISSUED TO ACCOMPLISH THE REPAIR WITH FASTENER DEVIATIONS.