Service difficulty report · Frame · Boeing 757225

Difficulty date
November 21, 2002
Submitted
December 18, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N913AW
Make and model
Boeing 757225
Aircraft serial
22207
Aircraft time
59,500 hours, 25,514 cycles
Part
Frame
Part number
311N504616
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 2 Pylon
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

DURING C-09 CHECK, A .250 INCH CRACK WAS FOUND ON THE NR 2 ENGINE PYLON FRAME CUTOUT FOR PANEL 443GL AT FORWARD LOWER CORNER INBOARD SIDE OF PYLON. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED A HFEC INSPECTION OF CRACK AT NR2 ENGINE PYLON FRAME CUTOUT; STOP DRILLED CRACK AND PERFORMED ANOTHER HFEC INSPECTION TO VERIFY THE CRACK WAS CONTAINED; FABRICATED A REPAIR DOUBLER, AND INSTALLED REPAIR PART IAW AWA ER.