Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737232

Difficulty date
August 7, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N312DL
Make and model
Boeing 737232
Aircraft serial
23084
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Galley Doorway
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

THE R-1 DOORWAY CRACKED AT THE LOWER AFT CORNER APPROX 1.4 INCH LENGTH. THE CRACK WILL BE REPAIRED PER B737-200, SRM 53-30-3 FIG 26 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF BLIND FASTENER SUBSTITUTION TO FACILITATE MTC. ALSO, FOUND THAT THE CRACK ENDED IN A NUTPLATE HOLE WHICH WILL BE PLUGGED PER THE SRM. SINCE THE NUTPLATE HOLE IS AN ATTACH POINT FOR THE SCUFF PLATE, THE SCUFF PLATE WILL BE TRIMMED TO DELETE THE HOLE LOCATION. ALSO, THERE IS A PREVIOUS REPAIR APPROX 2 INCHES OUTBD OF WHERE THIS REPAIR WILL EXTEND.