Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737232

Difficulty date
December 17, 2003
Submitted
December 29, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N301DL
Make and model
Boeing 737232
Aircraft serial
23073
Aircraft time
54,782 hours, 42,722 cycles
Part
Skin
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

INSPECTION OF THE STRINGER 4L SKIN LAP JOINT PER AD 2003-08-15 REVEALED A CRACKED FASTENER LOCATION AT FS 867. THE CRACK WAS REMOVED WITH A CUTOUT TO THE SKIN WITH ADDITIONAL INSPECTIONS TO ENSURE NO FURTHER CRACKS. THE AREA WAS REPAIRED PER B737 SRM 53-30-3, FIG 42 AN DOCUMENTED PER ER/A 087963-14AD.