SDR DL73S030665

Service difficulty report · Frame · Boeing 737232

Difficulty date: July 18, 2003
Submitted: August 4, 2003
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N331DL
Make and model: Boeing 737232
Aircraft serial: 23103
Aircraft time: 47,782 hours, 37,739 cycles
System (JASC): 5311 · Fuselage Main, Frame
Part: Frame
Condition: Cracked
Location: Fuselage
Stage of operation: IN
How discovered: V
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

FUSELAGE SKIN STA 663, S2R TO S1 - MISALIGNMENT: DURING INSPECTION OF THE FS 663 FRAME, MTC FOUND CRACKS IN THE FRAME AT S2R AND S1R. THESE WERE WITHIN THE AREA ADDRESSED BY B737-200 SRM 53-10-4, FIG 14. DURING INSTALLATION OF SRM FRAME REPAIR, SKIN ATTACH FASTENERS NEEDED TO BE RELOCATED THROUGH THE SKIN. THEY WERE CUTOUT IN THE SKIN AND DOUBLER, AND AN EXTERNAL DOUBLER AND TRIPLER WERE INSTALLED IAW DAL ER/A 385226-14.