Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 7373S3

Difficulty date
December 10, 2002
Submitted
January 2, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N313AW
Make and model
Boeing 7373S3
Aircraft serial
23712
Aircraft time
52,119 hours, 32,712 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
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

DURING C-16 CHECK, CORROSION AND 3 EACH .2500 INCH CRACKS WERE FOUND ON LOWER EXTERIOR FUSELAGE SKIN (LT AND RT KEELBEAM) AT BS 727+5 - BS 727+10, STR 27 LT - STR 27 RT. MAINTENANCE CUT SKIN FOR ACCESS TO KEEL BEAM; TRIMMED OUT DAMAGED AREAS OF OUTBOARD LOWER FLANGE ON KEELBEAM BS 727+5 - BS 727+10, STR 27 LT - STR 27 RT; BLENDED OUT AND TREATED CORROSION; PERFORMED HFEC INSPECTION OF CUTOUTS TO VERIFY NO CRACKS EXIST; FABRICATED A DOUBLER, TRIPLER, FILLER & REPAIR ANGLE FOR LT KEELBEAM, AND FILLER & REPAIR ANGLE FOR RT KEELBEAM; INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW AWA ER.

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