SDR AWXA200200298

Service difficulty report · Frame · Boeing 737277

Difficulty date: March 15, 2002
Submitted: April 5, 2002
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N188AW
Make and model: Boeing 737277
Aircraft serial: 22655
Aircraft time: 59,775 hours, 48,621 cycles
Engine time: 0 hours, 0 cycles
System (JASC): 5311 · Fuselage Main, Frame
Part: Frame
Part number: 65465311
Condition: Cracked
Part time: 0 hours, 0 cycles
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

YVR - MAJOR REPAIR - DURING C-14 CHECK A CRACK WAS FOUND ON THE FRAME INBOARD CHORD BETWEEN STR 21-22, FS 500 IN THE FORWARD CARGO COMPARTMENT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED DAMAGED LOWER SECTION OF FRAME, FABRICATED A NEW LOWER SECTION OF FRAME AND SPLICE DOUBLER, AND INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW B737-200 SRM 51-10-1, PG 8, DEG 65-46531-1, AND SRM 51-40-3, FIG.1, PG. 1-6.