Service difficulty report · Angle · Boeing 737490

Difficulty date
May 20, 2016
Submitted
June 3, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N768AS
Make and model
Boeing 737490
Aircraft serial
27082
Aircraft time
68,192 hours, 46,204 cycles
Part
Angle
Part number
69353023
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 540 Bulkhead
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 BS 540 BULKHEAD LOWER SPLICE ANGLE IS CRACKED AT FASTENER HOLE INLINE WITH UPPER RAM AIR ANGLE. ACFT GROUNDED. R & R SPLICE IAW EA 400, 53EA 17220 REV 00.