What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS IN BASE MAINTENANCE. CORROSION ON RIGHT HAND TRANSITION PANEL (SHIELD) LOCATED FROM STA 420-440 IN THE FORWARD CARGO AREA. REPLACED TRANSITION PANEL (SHIELD) PER DRAWING 143A8126 AND 51-00-05.
- Difficulty date
- July 9, 2018
- Submitted
- July 11, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N949AN
- Make and model
- Boeing 737823
- Aircraft serial
- 29537
- Aircraft time
- 52,891 hours, 21,706 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Transition Panel
- Part number
- 143A8126U21
- Condition
- Corroded
- 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.