Service difficulty report · Intercostal · Boeing 737322

Difficulty date
April 5, 2007
Submitted
April 17, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N378UA
Make and model
Boeing 737322
Aircraft serial
24653
Aircraft time
48,882 hours, 33,569 cycles
Engine
Ge CFM56*
Part
Intercostal
Condition
Damaged
Location
Bs 300-303
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

FWD ENTRY DOOR CUTOUT STR 16L STA 294.5 CRACKED IN FWD CORNER, ALSO CRACKED INTERCOSTAL SUPPORT ANGLE STA 300-303 JUST ABOVE STR 10 FWD OF L1 DOOR, ALSO FWD ENTRY DOOR CUT OUT STR 11L STA 294.5 WEB IS CRACKED IN FWD CORNER, AND FWD ENTRY DOOR CUT-OUT STR 11L STA 360 LWR CLIP CRACKED IN CORNER. SUPPLEMENTAL DATA UPDATE MAJOR REPAIR: REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED IAW EA I070215 AND I070216 AND UA-EVA-70168.