Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737247

Difficulty date
October 5, 2005
Submitted
October 20, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N376DL
Make and model
Boeing 737247
Aircraft serial
23603
Aircraft time
47,790 hours, 37,959 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
6545767103
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 525
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 CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE FUSELAGE SKIN AS A RESULT OF INSPECTION PER DAL OPN 57546. THE CRACK IS APPROX 1.5 INCH LONG AT BS 525 ABOVE STRINGER 16L. INSTALLED DOUBLER REPAIR PER B737-200 SRM 53-30-3, FIG 48, DETAIL XI AND ER/A 450994-14AD.