Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 73733A

Difficulty date
December 1, 2003
Submitted
December 30, 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
50797843
Part serial
3678
Condition
Cracked
Location
Emergency Exit
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

MCN - MAJOR REPAIR - DURING C-18 CHECK A .0625 INCH CRACK WAS FOUND IN CENTER AFT SECTION OF LT OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT DOOR BS 638, LBL 60. MAINTENANCE TRIMMED OUT CRACK IAW B737-300 SRM 52-20-01 FIG 101, PG SHEET 3; PERFORMED A HFEC INSPECTION TO VERIFY NO CRACKS EXIST; TREATED, PRIMED, AND PAINTED.

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