SDR ASAA2016032316398

Service difficulty report · Frame · Boeing 737490

Difficulty date: March 23, 2016
Submitted: April 15, 2016
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N709AS
Make and model: Boeing 737490
Aircraft serial: 28896
Aircraft time: 47,649 hours, 31,217 cycles
System (JASC): 5311 · Fuselage Main, Frame
Part: Frame
Part number: 65C2290911
Condition: Cracked
Location: Bs 500e
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.

What was found

LEFT FRAME, STA 500E IS CRACKED AT .50 HOLE BETWEEN STR 20 AND 21 LT. ACFT GROUNDED. REPAIRED DAMAGE TO FRAME IAW SRM 53-00-07-2R-13, REPAIR 13. THIS IS A CATEGORY B REPAIR WITH AN INSPECTION THRESHOLD OF 66,000 TOTAL ACFT CYCLES REFER TO SRM 53-00-07-2R-13, REPAIR 13, TABLE V FOR INSPECTION METHODS AND INTERVALS.