SDR DL757972752

Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date: December 30, 1997
Submitted: March 26, 2000
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N637DL
Make and model: Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial: 23760
System (JASC): 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
Part: Skin
Condition: Cracked
Location: Bs 1681
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

FUSELAGE/SKIN, SECTION 46, FS 1681, AFT LWR CORNER OF R1 DOOR CUTOUT, REPAIR FOR CRACK. HFEC INSPECTION OF A PREVIOUSLY REWORKED SKIN GOUGE, NEAR THE LOWER AFT CORNER OF THE R1 DOOR CUTOUT REVEALED A SMALL CRACK IN THE SKIN EMANATING FROM A FASTENER HOLE. THECRACK WAS CUTOUT WITH A 1.0 DIA HOLE AND A DOUBLER AND TRIPLER WERE INSTALLED PER ER/A 237547-14, REV C.