Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 73733A

Difficulty date
December 18, 2000
Submitted
December 19, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N173AW
Make and model
Boeing 73733A
Aircraft serial
23632
Part
Skin
Part number
6545775
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Part time
52,404 hours, 32,374 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
E
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

LAS - DURING SCHEDULED CHECK A 1.0 INCH CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE FUSELAGE SKIN ON THE RT SIDE JUST AFT OF THE WING TO BODY FAIRING FS 727.0 STR 22R; CRACK CONFIRMED WITH HFEC. DAMAGED AREA WAS REMOVED AND CONFIRMED WITH HFEC AND THE SKIN WAS REPAIRED IAW SRM 53-30-10

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