Service difficulty report · Pressure Panel · 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
Part
Pressure Panel
Part number
6546547212
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 STA 727 BLKHD, MLG WW, UPPER CHORD - REPAIR: A 0.5 INCH CRACK WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED IN TEH UPPER CHORD OF THE SUBJECT BULKHEAD NEAR BL 0. THE CRACK WAS IN THE UPPER FLANGE OF THE COMPRESSION CHORD AND RAN THROUGH A FASTENER HOLE. DURING THE CURRENT HMV, THE TIME LIMITED REPAIR WAS REMOVED AND, DUE TO ADDITIONAL DAMAGE FOUND, THE COMPRESSION CHORD, THE UPPER CHORD, THE COMPRESSION STRAP AND THE LT FLOOR WEB WERE TRIMMED OUT AND A REPAIR ANGLE, WEB DOUBLER AND SPLICE STRAP WERE INSTALLED IAW DAL ER/A 368710-14.