Service difficulty report · None · Boeing 737

Difficulty date
February 18, 2022
Submitted
April 6, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N425LV
Make and model
Boeing 737
Aircraft serial
29829
Aircraft time
66,161 hours, 39,000 cycles
Part
None
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

TYPICAL CRACK FOUND EMANATING FROM FWD GALLEY DOOR (R1) BEARTRAP FASTENER LOCATION ADJACENT TO FITTING LATCH AT BS 290-296; BETWEEN S-8R AND S-9R. (CRACK LENGTH :0.433') TYPICAL CRACK FOUND EMANATING FROM FWD GALLEY DOOR (R1) BEARTRAP FASTENER LOCATION ADJACENT TO FITTING LATCH AT BS 290-296 BETWEEN S-8R AND S-9R. (CRACK LENGTH :0.433 / [01] INSTALLED EWIS PROTECTIONS AT RT FUSELAGE REPAIR AREA. REF. B737-7. AMM-20-60-07-913-801[38] ACCOMPLISHED CATEGORY B; REPAIR 6- FUSELAGE SKIN AND BEARSTRAP REPAIR AT FORWARD GALLEY DOOR UPPER FORWARD CUTOUT CORNER. B737-7. SRM-53-10-01-2R-6;[39] VERIFIED STEP 38;[40] OK TO TOP COAT REPAIRED AREA;[41] APPLIED TOP COAT AT FUSELAGE SKIN R1 UPPER CORNER; AT REPAIRED AREA. REF.AMM-51-21-73-370-803.;[42] VERIFIED STEP 41.;[43] ISSUED SUMMARY EA 22-153-00539;[44] VERIFIED STEP 43