SDR AWXA200300663

Service difficulty report · Frame · Boeing 73733A

Difficulty date: May 18, 2003
Submitted: June 5, 2003
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N166AW
Make and model: Boeing 73733A
Aircraft serial: 23627
Aircraft time: 53,912 hours, 38,304 cycles
System (JASC): 5311 · Fuselage Main, Frame
Part: Frame
Part number: 6546526
Condition: Cracked
Location: Fuselage
Stage of operation: IN
How discovered: E
Nature of condition: O
Precautionary procedure: K

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What was found

DURING C-17 CHECK A .5 INCH CRACK WAS FOUND ON OUTBOARD FLANGE OF FRAME AT BS 400, STR 14 RT. MAINTENANCE CUTOUT CRACK ON OUTBOARD FLANGE OF FRAME AT BS 400, STR 14 RT, AND PERFORMED A HFEC INSPECTION TO VERIFY NO CRACKS EXIST; FABRICATED A SHEAR TIE AND DOUBLER; INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW B737-300 SRM 53-00-07 PG 213-215, FIG 205.

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