Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737232

Difficulty date
March 29, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N301DL
Make and model
Boeing 737232
Aircraft serial
23073
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
R1 Door Cutout
Stage of operation
IN
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 LOWER AFT CORNER OF THE R-1 DOOR. THE SKIN PANEL AND THE BONDED DOUBLER AT THIS REGION WAS REPLACED. THERE WAS STILL A CRACK IN THE BEAR STRAP. THE CRACK IN THE BEAR STRAP WAS CUT OUT WHILE PERFORMING A REPAIR FOR THIS CORNER PER SRM 53-30-3, FIG 26. MTC SHORTENED THE NUMBER TWO PLATE, OMITTING 1 FASTENER LOCATION IN THE MIDDLE PLATE ONLY. THE OUTER PLATE IS 0.10 2024-T3 AND THE INNER PLATE IS 0.063 CLAD 2024-T3. ACCOMPLISHED REPAIRS PER DL ERA 303360-14.