What was found
FUSELAGE SKIN CRACKED ABOVE AND BELOW FWD ENTRY DOOR UPPER HINGE CUTOUT. MAJOR REPAIR ACP'D, FABRICATED AND INSTALLED SINGLE EXTERNAL DOUBLER.
- Difficulty date
- February 15, 2008
- Submitted
- February 4, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N382UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 737322
- Aircraft serial
- 24657
- Aircraft time
- 51,315 hours, 35,052 cycles
- Engine
- Cfmint CFM563C1
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- 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.