- Difficulty date
- February 8, 2001
- Submitted
- February 12, 2001
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Boeing 73733A
- Aircraft serial
- 23636
- Aircraft time
- 43,368 hours, 28,757 cycles
- Part
- Bulkhead
- Part number
- 65163007
- 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 INSPECTION REVEALED CRACK INDICATION BS 178 BULKHEAD WEB AT RBL 1.3 TO UNDETERMINED POINT BENEATH STRAP AT WL 205.7; CONFIRMED HFEC. REMOVED LOWER L-ANGLE BS 178 WL 184 RBL 18 TO LBL 18; CUTOUT DAMAGED AREA WHERE HFEC CONFIRMED CRACK; LOCATED, DRILLED, TRIMMED, AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER AND FILLER IAW BOEING TR 737-300 SRM 53-10-08; INSTALLED LOWER L-ANGLE IAW B737-300 SRM 51-40-02.