Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 73733A

Difficulty date
May 23, 2003
Submitted
June 5, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N168AW
Make and model
Boeing 73733A
Aircraft serial
23629
Aircraft time
53,763 hours, 38,034 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
6545765
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

MCN - MAJOR REPAIR - DURING C-17 CHECK A .25 INCH CRACK WAS FOUND ON SKIN AT LOWER ROW OF FASTENER HOLES STR 4 RT, BS 431. MAINTENANCE CUTOUT CRACKED SKIN AT STR 4 RT, BETWEEN BS 428 AND BS 432; PERFORMED A HFEC INSPECTION OF CUTOUT TO VERIFY NO CRACKS EXIST; FABRICATED 2 EACH DOUBLERS, 2 EACH FILLERS, 2 EACH INTERNAL DOUBLERS AND A TAPERED FILLER; INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW B737-300 SRM 53-00-01 PG 355 FIG 228.

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