- 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
HFEC AND VISUAL (10X) CONFIRMS CRACK OF UNDETERMINED LENGTH UNDER STRAP AT BS 178 RBL 4 7/8 WL 199.5 TO 201.5. REMOVED STIFFENERS, RADOME ATTACH BRACKETS AND BACKUP STRIPS BS 178 WL 188 TO 218 RBL 10 TO LBL 4; LOCATED, DRILLED AND INSTALLED DOUBLER AND FILLER IAW B737 SRM 53-10-08; REINSTALLED STIFFENERS AND BACKUP STRIPS IAW B737 SRM 51-40-02.