SDR AWXA200301641

Service difficulty report · Bulkhead · Boeing 73733A

Difficulty date: December 3, 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
System (JASC): 5312 · Fuselage Main, Bulkhead
Part: Bulkhead
Part number: 651630084
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 .125 INCH CRACK WAS FOUND ON BS 178 BULKHEAD WEB, AFT SIDE AT RBL 75, WL 187. MAINTENANCE CUT OUT CRACKED SECTION OF BS 178 BULKHEAD WEB AT RBL 75, WL 187; PERFORMED HFEC INSPECTION OF CUTOUT TO VERIFY NO CRACKS EXIST; FABRICATED A DOUBLER, FILLER AND SHIM; INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW B737-300 SRM 53-10-08, FIG 203, PG 210-215.

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