Service difficulty report · Tee Fitting · Boeing 737990

Difficulty date
May 10, 2016
Submitted
June 6, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N307AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990
Aircraft serial
30015
Aircraft time
53,928 hours, 21,006 cycles
Part
Tee Fitting
Part number
111A22031
Condition
Corroded
Location
Bs 540
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

STA. 540, L/H SIDE, LOWER T-CHORD, BETWEEN S-22L & S-23L HAS CORROSION. GROUNDED - YES. REPAIRED THE LOWER BULKHEAD CHORD AND FORWARD SPAR WEB ASSEMBLY IAW ASA EA #900-53EA-17237 REV OO AND HAECO REO-G19936 REV E. STR -26L IS A CATEGORY "A" REPAIR AS DEFINED IN B737-900 SRM 51-00-06 STAGE 1 APPROVAL FOR STATIC STRENGTH. A NEW FAA FORM 8100-9 MUST BE ISSUED AND DAMAGE TOLERANCE INFORMATION INCORPORATED IN THE AIRPLANE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM WITHIN 24 MONTHS OF 06/03/2016 FOR THIS REPAIR APPROVAL TO REMAIN VALID AFTER THAT TIME.