- Difficulty date
- February 7, 2006
- Submitted
- February 10, 2006
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Boeing 737209
- Aircraft serial
- 23913
- Aircraft time
- 36,240 hours, 63,601 cycles
- Part
- Skin
- Part number
- 6545775
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Bs 887
- 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
2 INCH CRACK AT BS 887 + 2 BETWEEN STR 24R AND 25R. CRACK CUT OUT + .40 OVER CUT. HFEC FINAL LAY OUT HOLES IAW NDT MANUAL 53-00-00 PART 6. REPAIRED COMPLETED IAW SRM 53-30-3 FIG 48. REPAIR: APPROX SIZE = 20" BY 22" FABRICATED TRIPLER. MATERIAL; DOUBLER = (050) 2024 T3, FILLER = (040) 2024 T3, TRIPLER = (050) 2024 T3.