SDR AWXA200300484

Service difficulty report · Bulkhead · Boeing 73733A

Difficulty date: April 29, 2003
Submitted: May 6, 2003
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N164AW
Make and model: Boeing 73733A
Aircraft serial: 23625
Aircraft time: 53,911 hours, 38,471 cycles
System (JASC): 5312 · Fuselage Main, Bulkhead
Part: Bulkhead
Part number: 6516300
Condition: Cracked
Location: Fuselage
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

LCQ - MAJOR REPAIR - DURING C-17 CHECK A 1 INCH CRACK WAS FOUND ON BS 178 BULKHEAD WEB AT WL 213, LBL 11. MAINTENANCE STOP DRILLED CRACK AND CUT OUT CRACKED AREA OF BS 178 BULKHEAD WEB AT WL 213, LBL 11; PERFORMED HFEC INSPECTION TO VERIFY NO CRACKS EXIST; FABRICATED A FILLER AND 2 EACH DOUBLERS; INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW B737-300 SRM 53-10-08, PG 265-272, FIG 209.

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