Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737247

Difficulty date
January 15, 2004
Submitted
February 17, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N236WA
Make and model
Boeing 737247
Aircraft serial
23184
Aircraft time
45,905 hours, 36,838 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

DURING ACCOMPLISHMENT OF INSPECTIONS PER AD 2003-08-15, 3 CRACKS WERE FOUND IN LOWER ROW FASTENER LOCATIONS OF THE STRINGER 4L SKIN LAP JOINT BETWEEN FS 559 & 579. THE CRACKED AREA OF SKIN WAS CUTOUT. THE CUTOUT WAS REPAIRED WITH EXTERNAL ALUMINUM REPAIR DOUBLER PER B737 SRM 53-30-3, FIG 42 AND ER/A 087880-14AD.