Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 73733A

Difficulty date
January 3, 2002
Submitted
January 14, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N175AW
Make and model
Boeing 73733A
Aircraft serial
23634
Aircraft time
53,167 hours, 32,609 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
5717733008
Condition
Cracked
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

MCN - MAJOR REPAIR - "C" - DURING C-17 CHECK 1.3" CRACK WAS FOUND ON SKIN AT CAPTAINS WINDSHIELD ON THE AFT POST UPPER CORNER BS 200, STR 8L. MAINTENANCE CUTOUT AND REMOVED DAMAGED AREA OF SKIN AT AFT POST UPPER CORNER AND FOUND GUSSET CRACKED APPROXIMATELY 1" TO A FASTENER HOLE. DAMAGED AREA OF GUSSET WAS CUTOUT AND BOTH AREAS WERE HFEC INSPECTED TO VERIFY CRACKS WERE CONTAINED. FABRICATED A -2 FILLER AND -1 DOUBLER AND INSTALLED REPAIRS IAW B737-300 SRM 53-10-01, PG 231-234.

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