Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737232

Difficulty date
December 18, 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

INSPECTIONS REQUIRED PER AD 2003-08-15 REVEALED SEVERAL CRACKS IN THE STRINGER 4R SKIN LAP JOINT BETWEEN FS 380 & 420. THE CRACKS WERE REMOVED WITH CUTOUTS AND REPAIRED PER B737 SRM 53-30-3, 42. THE REPAIR WAS DOCUMENTED PER ER/A 087961-14AD.