Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 73733A

Difficulty date
May 17, 2004
Submitted
June 8, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N175AW
Make and model
Boeing 73733A
Aircraft serial
23634
Aircraft time
59,322 hours, 36,423 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
65C35777
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

LCQ - MAJOR REPAIR - DURING C-19 CHECK 10 EACH CRACKS WERE FOUND ON UPPER AND LOWER FASTENER ROWS OF FUSELAGE SKIN LAP SEAM BETWEEN BS 950 AND BS 960, STR 20 LT, WL 192. MAINTENANCE REMOVED EXISTING DOUBLER & FILLER AND ENLARGED CUTOUT TO REMOVE CRACKED SECTION OF SKIN FROM BS 950 TO BS 960, STR 20 LT, WL 192; PERFORMED HFEC OF CUTOUT TO VERIFY NO CRACKS EXIST; FABRICATED A DOUBLER, TRIPLER, AND FILLERS; INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW B737-300 SRM 53-00-01 FIG 129.

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