SDR AWXA200400015

Service difficulty report · Frame · Boeing 7373B7

Difficulty date: December 27, 2003
Submitted: January 5, 2004
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N332AW
Make and model: Boeing 7373B7
Aircraft serial: 23384
Aircraft time: 51,699 hours, 30,031 cycles
System (JASC): 5311 · Fuselage Main, Frame
Part: Frame
Part number: 651630086
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

LCQ - MAJOR REPAIR - DURING C-17 CHECK HFEC INSPECTION INDICATED A CRACK ON BS 178 BULKHEAD LT SIDE CHORD, LBL 70, WL 207. MAINTENANCE REMOVED DAMAGED LT SIDE CHORD AT LBL 70, WL 207; FABRICATED A NEW REPLACEMENT CHORD; INSTALLED REPAIR PART IAW B737-300 SRM 51-40-02 FIG 8, PG 38.

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