Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737232

Difficulty date
November 16, 2004
Submitted
November 22, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N301DL
Make and model
Boeing 737232
Aircraft serial
23073
Aircraft time
56,895 hours, 44,336 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

A 1 INCH CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE CORNER OF THE LOWER HINGE CUTOUT OF THE L2 DOOR CUTOUT. THE CRACK WAS ROUTED OUT OF THE SKIN AND THE UNDERLYING BEARSTRAP INSPECTED TO ENSURE IT WAS CRACK FREE. THE SKIN CRACK CUTOUT WAS REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL STEEL DOUBLER PER B737 SRM AND PER ER/A 095094-14.