# SDR DL73S030455

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: May 10, 2003
- Submitted: May 27, 2003
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N321DL](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N321DL), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 737232
- Aircraft serial: 23093
- Aircraft time: 53,455 hours, 39,669 cycles
- System (JASC): [5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5330)
- Part: Skin
- Part number: 655298890
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: Fuselage
- Stage of operation: IN
- How discovered: 9
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73S030455

## Discrepancy

AFT ENTRY DOOR CUTOUT,  UPPER HINGE CUTOUT CRACK REPAIR   THE UPPER HINGE CUTOUT OF THE L2 DOOR CUTOUT WAS FOUND WITH A 1 INCH CRACK THROUGH THE SKIN AND UNDERLYING BEARSTRAP.  THE  CRACK WAS REMOVED WITH A CUTOUT AND REPAIRED WITH TWO EXTERNAL ALUMINUM REPAIR DOUBLERS PER ER/A 385034-14, REV A.

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