Service difficulty report · Tee Chord · Boeing 7373G7

Difficulty date
January 23, 2002
Submitted
February 5, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N157AW
Make and model
Boeing 7373G7
Aircraft serial
23779
Aircraft time
47,554 hours, 34,217 cycles
Part
Tee Chord
Part number
6546921
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-16 CHECK A CRACK WAS FOUND ON THE VERTICAL LEG OF THE FORWARD CARGO DOOR LOWER OUTER TEE CHORD THE THIRD FASTENER HOLE FROM AFT END BS 485. MAINTENANCE CUTOUT DAMAGED SECTION OF CRACKED TEE CHORD AT BS 485, TRIMED NEW REPLACEMENT SECTION OF TEE CHORD, FABRICATED 3 EACH RADIUS FILLERS AND 2 EACH REPAIR ANGLES AND INSTALLED REPAIRS IAW AWA EO 52-31-04.

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