SDR ASAA2025111162562

Service difficulty report · Transition Panel · Boeing 7378FH

Difficulty date: November 11, 2025
Submitted: November 25, 2025
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N549AS
Make and model: Boeing 7378FH
Aircraft serial: 30824
Aircraft time: 68,466 hours, 24,432 cycles
System (JASC): 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
Part: Transition Panel
Part number: 146A750231
Condition: Corroded
Location: Zone 100
Stage of operation: IN
How discovered: V
Nature of condition: O
Precautionary procedure: K

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What was found

AFT CARGO PIT LT TRANSITION PANEL BS 727 - 847 HAS CORROSION. GROUNDED - YES. REMOVED CORROSION ORIGINAL MATERIAL 0.040, REMOVED 0.040, REMANINING 0.000, FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 53-00-53-1A-2. REMOVED DAMAGED TRANSITION PANEL, FABRICATED NEW REPAIR, ALODINED, PRIMED, AND INSTALLED IAW SRM 53-00-53-2R-5.

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