Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 73733A

Difficulty date
March 24, 2002
Submitted
April 5, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N166AW
Make and model
Boeing 73733A
Aircraft serial
23627
Aircraft time
50,770 hours, 36,322 cycles
Engine time
0 hours, 0 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
6552988
Condition
Cracked
Part time
0 hours, 0 cycles
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

MCN - MAJOR REPAIR - DURING C-16 CHECK A CRACK WAS FOUND EMANATING FROM EXTERNAL SKIN COUNTERSUNK FASTENER HOLE AT THE UPPER AFT CUTOUT OF THE L2 DOOR. MAINTENANCE STOP DRILLED CRACKS ON FIRST AND SECOND LAYER OF SKIN AND PERFORMED HFEC INSPECTION VERIFYING THE CRACKS WERE CONTAINED. FABRICATED INNER, MIDDLE, AND OUTER PATCH AND INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW B737-300 SRM 53-60-01, PG. 205-207

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