Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737232

Difficulty date
September 15, 2004
Submitted
September 17, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N314DA
Make and model
Boeing 737232
Aircraft serial
23086
Aircraft time
57,422 hours, 43,552 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 4L SKIN LAP JOINT PER AD 2003- 08-15 REVEALED A CRACK INDICATION IN A FASTENER HOLE AT FS 690. THE CRACKED AREA WAS REMOVED WITH A SKIN CUTOUT AND REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM REPAIR DOUBLER PER B737 SRM AND ER/A 093308-14AD.