# SDR AALA20150401009

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: March 28, 2015
- Submitted: April 2, 2015
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N983AN](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N983AN), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 737823
- Aircraft serial: 29570
- Aircraft time: 18,683 hours, 7,252 cycles
- System (JASC): [5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5320)
- Part: Channel
- Part number: BAC1496377
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: Fuselage
- Stage of operation: IN
- How discovered: V
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA20150401009

## Discrepancy

AFT CARGO, LT TRANSITION CHANNEL, WAS FOUND WITH A SMALL CRACK.  DAMAGED CHANNEL WAS CUT & A SPLICE PIECE OF NEW MATERIAL WAS INSTALLED IAW SRM 53-00-53-2R-5.

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