- Difficulty date
- December 21, 2000
- Submitted
- December 21, 2000
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N165AW
- Make and model
- Boeing 73733A
- Aircraft serial
- 23626
- Part
- Bulkhead
- Part number
- 6516300
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- 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
ULTRASONIC INSP. DETECTED CRACK APPROX. 4.0 INCHES LONG AT FWD PRESSURE BULKHEAD AT STA 178 WL 213 BETWEEN LBL 5 & LBL 17 ON WEB BEHIND HORIZ ANGLE STIFFENER. REMOVED ANGLE, STOP DRILLED CRACK IAW SRM 53-10-08; CRACK TERMINATED; FABED DOUBLER AND SHIMS IAW 53-10-08; INSTALLED PARTS IAW 53-10-08