SDR AWXA200300649

Service difficulty report · Frame · Boeing 737277

Difficulty date: May 14, 2003
Submitted: June 4, 2003
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N178AW
Make and model: Boeing 737277
Aircraft serial: 22645
Aircraft time: 63,256 hours, 50,352 cycles
System (JASC): 5311 · Fuselage Main, Frame
Part: Frame
Part number: 654655219
Condition: Cracked
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-15 CHECK A .5000 INCH CRACK WAS FOUND ON FUSELAGE LOWER LOBE FRAME AT BS 827, LBL 22. MAINTENANCE TRIMMED OUT DAMAGE ON FUSELAGE LOWER LOBE FRAME AT BS 827, LBL 22, AND PERFORMED A HFEC INSPECTION TO VERIFY NO CRACKS EXIST; FABRICATED FILLER, RADIUS FILLER, SHEAR TIE, AND TIE CLIP; INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW SRM 53-10-4, FIG. 11.