Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737232

Difficulty date
August 6, 2004
Submitted
August 13, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N308DL
Make and model
Boeing 737232
Aircraft serial
23080
Aircraft time
57,993 hours, 43,723 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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 SKIN LAP JOINT PER AD 2003- 08-15 REVEALED A CRACKED FASTENER HOLE AT FS 500A AND AT FS 500B. THE CRACKS WERE REMOVED WITH CUTOUTS AND REPAIRED SEPARATELY WITH ALUMINUM REPAIR DOUBLERS PER THE B737 SRM AND PER ER/A 092153-14AD.