Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737232

Difficulty date
January 17, 2011
Submitted
February 23, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N321DL
Make and model
Boeing 737232
Aircraft serial
23093
Aircraft time
65,466 hours, 49,932 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
E
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

CRACK INDICATION AT RADIO ALTIMETER BETWEEN BS 400 - 420 AS PER NDT REPORT NDT11-0027. REPAIRED CRACK AT RADIO ALTIMETER BETWEEN BS 400-420 IAW SB 53-1230 DATED 12 JUNE 2002 PER TABLE C, FIG 9 & 10.