Service difficulty report · Doubler · Boeing 737490

Difficulty date
October 1, 2015
Submitted
October 30, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N703AS
Make and model
Boeing 737490
Aircraft serial
28893
Aircraft time
53,971 hours, 30,578 cycles
Part
Doubler
Part number
655288011
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 948-972
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

L2 DOOR CUTOUT BEARSTRAP IS CRACKED AT THE FWD LOWER RADIUS. ACFT GROUNDED. REPAIRED L2 DOORWAY CUTOUT FWD, LOWER BEAR STRAP IAW SRM 53-00-01-2R-32, DETAIL IV. THIS IS A CAT B REPAIR WITH AN INSPECTION THRESHOLD OF 66,000 FLT. CYCLES AFTER AIRPLANE DELIVERY AND A REPEAT INTERVAL AT 24,000 FLT CYCLES.