Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737232

Difficulty date
March 12, 2018
Submitted
March 14, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N321DL
Make and model
Boeing 737232
Aircraft serial
23093
Aircraft time
79,120 hours, 62,264 cycles
Part
Skin
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

SKIN CRACK FOUND ON RIGHT SIDE FUSELAGE S16R AND BS445 (VERIFIED WITH HFEC). DAMAGE REMOVED, DOUBLER INSTALLED REF SRM 53-30-3, FIG 48, REV SEP 2016. DETAIL XI AND III, PROCEDURE VII.