Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 7373S3

Difficulty date
April 9, 2004
Submitted
May 11, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N313AW
Make and model
Boeing 7373S3
Aircraft serial
23712
Aircraft time
55,862 hours, 34,921 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
65457788
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
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-17 CHECK A .2500 CRACK WAS FOUND AT FASTENER HOLE IN FUSELAGE SKIN AT LOWER FORWARD CORNER OF R-2 DOOR CUTOUT BS 981.8 TO BS 984.8, WL 198. MAINTENANCE STOP DRILLED CRACK AND PERFORMED A HFEC INSPECTION TO VERIFY CRACK WAS CONTAINED; FABRICATED AN INNER, MIDDLE, AND OUTER DOUBLERS; INSTALLED FREEZE PLUG IN STOP DRILL HOLE, INSTALLED DOUBLERS IAW SRM 53-60-01, FIG. 203, AND E.R. 03-5300-04128-HFIA.

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