Service difficulty report · Flange · Boeing 737990

Difficulty date
March 5, 2018
Submitted
March 19, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N303AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990
Aircraft serial
30016
Aircraft time
59,646 hours, 23,347 cycles
Part
Flange
Part number
148A24885
Condition
Corroded
Location
Bs 1088
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

AFT SERVICE AREA, APU INTAKE PLENUM FLANGE ON BULKHEAD BS 1088 HAS CORROSION ON THE FWD FACE. ACFT GROUNDED. REMOVED AND REPLACED AFT SERVICE AREA, APU INTAKE PLENUM FLANGE IAW B737 900 SRM 51 40 02 0G 0 FIR 8 AND PARA 4 W 1.50 O .071 R .061 L 6 D .010.