What was found
APU COMPARTMENT LOWER STRINGER, AFT OF APU INLET CORRODED ON I/B END. ACFT GROUNDED. REMOVED AND REPLACED LOWER STRINGER IAW SRM 51-40-02-0G.
- Difficulty date
- August 20, 2014
- Submitted
- September 4, 2014
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N799AS
- Make and model
- Boeing 737490
- Aircraft serial
- 29270
- Aircraft time
- 50,620 hours, 28,531 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
- Part
- Stringer
- Part number
- 6546579568
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Bs 1125
- 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.