Service difficulty report · Frame · Boeing 737232

Difficulty date
May 30, 2003
Submitted
July 3, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N329DL
Make and model
Boeing 737232
Aircraft serial
23101
Aircraft time
47,956 hours, 37,890 cycles
Part
Frame
Part number
6546541504
Condition
Cracked
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

MTC FOUND CRACKS IN THE FRAME AT S6L, 3L, 2L, 1, 2R, AND 3R EXTENDING FROM THE STRINGER PASS THRU CUTOUTS. THE CRACKS WERE CUTOUT AND A REPAIR SIMILAR TO B737-200 SRM 53-10-04, F14, WAS INSTALLED TO EXTEND FROM O/B OF STR 6L TO O/B OF STR 4R. FUSELAGE SKIN WAS CUT AT EACH STRINGER/FRAME INTERSECTION AND STRINGERS 6L THRU 4R WERE CUT AND SRM STYLE REPAIRS WERE INSTALLED TO PROVIDE ACCESS FOR INSTALLATION OF FRAME REPAIR PER DAL ER/A 384937-14.