Service difficulty report · Frame · Boeing 737490

Difficulty date
November 16, 2013
Submitted
December 2, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N768AS
Make and model
Boeing 737490
Aircraft serial
27082
Aircraft time
62,579 hours, 41,467 cycles
Part
Frame
Part number
654653142
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 500d
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

FRAME BS 500D, RT SIDE, HAS A CRACK APPROX .2500 INCH LONG, ONE WIRE PENETRATION HOLE AT 4 O`CLOCK POSITION. ACFT GROUNDED. TRIMMED OUT CRACK AND INSTALLED REPAIR ANGLES AND NEW STRINGER TIES IAW SRM 53-00-07-2R-13. REPAIR 13 AT FRAME 500D RT, STR. 20-21. THIS IS A CATAGORY B REPAIR WITH INSPECTION THRESHOLD OF 66,000 FLIGHT CYCLES AND A REPEAT INSPECTION AT 24,000 FLIGHT CYCLES INTERVALS, CURRENT FLIGHT CYCLES ON ACFT IS 41,467.