Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 73733A

Difficulty date
June 6, 2005
Submitted
June 9, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N166AW
Make and model
Boeing 73733A
Aircraft serial
23627
Aircraft time
59,670 hours, 41,652 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
654577467
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

FUSELAGE SKIN CRACKED AT APPROXIMATELY BS 870 AND STRINGER 24R. MAINTENANCE ROUTED OUT CRACK AT BS 870 AND STRINGER 24R THEN FABRICATED DOUBLER IAW AIRBUS SRM 53-00-01 FIGURE 229. INSTALLED DOUBLER, FILLET WAS SEALED AND DOUBLER PAINTED IN REFERENCE TO AIRBUS SRM 53-00-01 FIGURE 229. DAMAGE AREA WAS PLACED ON MONITOR, CONTROL NR 250645, AND WILL BE RE-INSPECTED AT 60,000 CYCLES WITH REPLACEMENT OF SKIN TERMINATING THE MONITOR.

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