SDR ASAA2018082815930

Service difficulty report · Stringer Clip · Boeing 737990

Difficulty date: August 21, 2018
Submitted: August 28, 2018
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N306AS
Make and model: Boeing 737990
Aircraft serial: 30014
Aircraft time: 60,901 hours, 24,029 cycles
System (JASC): 5340 · Fuselage Main, Attach Fittings
Part: Stringer Clip
Part number: 146A101047
Condition: Corroded
Location: Bs 867
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 CARGO BAY STRINGER CLIP AT BS 867 S26L WAS CORRODED. ACFT GROUNDED. CORROSION FOUND BEYOND ALLOWABLE LIMITS DUE TO NO PUBLISHED LIMITS AVAILABLE, REMOVED AND REPLACED THE STRINGER CLIP IAW SRM 51-40-02, DWG 146A1282, SH 104, REV-, AND SHEET 103, REV-.