Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 73733A

Difficulty date
December 5, 2003
Submitted
December 22, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N174AW
Make and model
Boeing 73733A
Aircraft serial
23633
Aircraft time
58,322 hours, 36,148 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
655298878
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-18 CHECK A .0625 INCH CRACK WAS FOUND COMING FROM FASTENER HOLE ON FUSELAGE SKIN AT BS 958, STR 16-17 LT, WL 215. MAINTENANCE REMOVED FASTENER AND PERFORMED HFEC INSPECTION TO VERIFY CRACK END, STOP DRILLED CRACK AND RE-ACCOMPLISHED HFEC TO VERIFY CRACK WAS CONTAINED; INSTALLED HOLE FILLER IN SKIN; FABRICATED A DOUBLER & TRIPLER; INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW B737-300 SRM 53-60-01 FIG 203 PG 205-207.

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