SDR AWXA200200418

Service difficulty report · Stringer · Boeing 7373Q8

Difficulty date: May 7, 2002
Submitted: May 13, 2002
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N327AW
Make and model: Boeing 7373Q8
Aircraft serial: 23507
Aircraft time: 48,403 hours, 32,897 cycles
Engine time: 0 hours, 0 cycles
System (JASC): 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
Part: Stringer
Part number: 6545767512
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

MCN - MAJOR REPAIR - DURING C-15 CHECK A CRACK WAS FOUND ON STRINGER 16 R/H JUST AFT OF OVERWING LIGHT AT BS 500C+16. MAINTENANCE CUTOUT THE DAMAGED AREA OF STRINGER 16 R/H, AT BS 500C+16, AND PERFORMED A HFEC INSPECTION TO VERIFY NO CRACKS EXIST. FABRICATED A REPAIR CHANNEL, FILLER, AND RADIUS FILLER, AND INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW AWA ER 03-5312-01094-DD1.

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