Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737232

Difficulty date
March 15, 2006
Submitted
April 11, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N302DL
Make and model
Boeing 737232
Aircraft serial
23047
Aircraft time
59,380 hours, 45,748 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 490 S4l
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

INSPECTIONS OF THE STRINGER 4L SKIN LAP REVEALED A SINGLE CRACKED FASTENER HOLE NEAR FS 490. THE CRACKED AREA OF SKIN WAS CUTOUT. THE CUTOUT WAS REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM REPAIR PER B737 SRM 53-30-3 FIG 42 AND ER/A 454521-14AD.