Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737232

Difficulty date
April 7, 2004
Submitted
April 23, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N304DL
Make and model
Boeing 737232
Aircraft serial
23076
Aircraft time
57,789 hours, 43,802 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 10L LAP JOINT BETWEEN FS 360 & 540 REVEALED A CRACKED FASTENER HOLE AT FS 380. THE CRACKED HOLE WAS REMOVED WITH A 1 X 4 INCH CUTOUT AND REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM REPAIR DOUBLER PER BAC 737 SRM 53-30-3, FIG 42. THE REPAIR WAS DOCUMENTED PER ER/A 089541-14AD.