SDR 95ZZZM287

Service difficulty report · Spar · Boeing 737214

Difficulty date
July 17, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N460AT
Make and model
Boeing 737214
Aircraft serial
20158
System (JASC)
5711 · Wing Spar
Part
Spar
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fs 120.5-140.5
Part time
27,706 hours
Stage of operation
IN
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

ON 6/18/95 AT MCO APPROXIMATELY 2100 LOCAL, INSPECTION FOUND A CRACK AT LEFT WING FRONT SPAR UPPER CHORD BETWEEN FRONT SPAR STATION FS 140.5 (20 INCHES). TOTAL AIRCRAFT TIME 49,617.5, TOTAL AIRCRAFT CYCLES 60,930. THE CRACK WAS FOUND DURING THE REPETITIVE INSPECTION REQUIRED BY AD-11-04, AND PERFORMED IAW SERVICE BULLETIN 737-57A1081 REVISION 10, DATED JULY 16, 1987. A RECORDS INSPECTION REVEALED THAT CRACK HAD BEEN REPAIRED IAW SB 57A1081 BY PAMCORP ON 10/13/93. RETURNED AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE.