What was found
AFT CARGO BAY, LEFT TRANSITION PANEL FROM BS 727I TO 787 HAS AREAS OF CORROSION. ACFT GROUNDED. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE TRANSITION PANEL IAW SRM 51-40-02-0G0, FIG 8, AND PARA 4, FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 53-00-53-1A-2.
- Difficulty date
- March 1, 2018
- Submitted
- March 30, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N303AS
- Make and model
- Boeing 737990
- Aircraft serial
- 30016
- Aircraft time
- 59,646 hours, 23,347 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Transition Panel
- Part number
- 146A750217
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Bs 727i-787
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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