SDR AWXA200400084

Service difficulty report · Frame · Boeing 737301

Difficulty date: January 3, 2004
Submitted: January 27, 2004
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N324AW
Make and model: Boeing 737301
Aircraft serial: 23261
Aircraft time: 58,145 hours, 36,947 cycles
System (JASC): 5311 · Fuselage Main, Frame
Part: Frame
Part number: 654654463
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 .75 INCH CRACK WAS FOUND IN FRAME AT BS 695, WL 195, LBL 65. MAINTENANCE REMOVED CRACKED SECTION OF FRAME AT BS 695, WL 195, LBL 65; FABRICATED A NEW REPLACEMENT SECTION OF FRAME PER DWG 65-46544; INSTALLED REPAIR PART IAW B737-300 SRM 51-40-02 FIG 8 & 12 PG 1, 38 & 44-45.