Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737247

Difficulty date
May 17, 2006
Submitted
May 23, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N237WA
Make and model
Boeing 737247
Aircraft serial
23185
Aircraft time
52,681 hours, 40,618 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
6545768134
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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 AT BS 524, JUST ABOVE S16R. THE CRACK WAS CUT OUT AND A REPAIR DOUBLER WAS INSTALLED.