SDR AWXA200401157

Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 73733A

Difficulty date: September 30, 2004
Submitted: October 25, 2004
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N166AW
Make and model: Boeing 73733A
Aircraft serial: 23627
Aircraft time: 57,765 hours, 40,586 cycles
System (JASC): 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
Part: Skin
Part number: 6552988117
Condition: Cracked
Location: Fuselage
Stage of operation: IN
How discovered: V
Nature of condition: O
Precautionary procedure: K

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What was found

DURING C-18 CHECK, A 1 3/16 INCH, CRACK WAS FOUND IN FUSELAGE SKIN AT LOWER FORWARD CORNER OF L-2 DOOR BS 963, STR 17 LT. MAINTENANCE STOP DRILLED CRACK AT LOWER FORWARD CORNER OF L-2 DOOR BS 963, STR 17 LT. FABRICATED AN INNER, MIDDLE, AND OUTER PATCH, AND 3 EACH TAPERED FILLERS; INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS IAW B737-300 SRM 53-60-01, FIG 203.

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