Service difficulty report · Door · Boeing 7373B7

Difficulty date
October 10, 2005
Submitted
February 13, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N328AW
Make and model
Boeing 7373B7
Aircraft serial
23377
Aircraft time
60,530 hours, 36,995 cycles
Part
Door
Condition
Damaged
Location
Apu
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

PHX - DISCOVERED PREVIOUS BLEND OUT AT STA 1088, ABOVE THE FORWARD RT CORNER OF THE APU DOOR. WAS DETERMINED TO BE CHAFFING DAMAGE ABOUT 6" AFT OF STA 1088 AT STR 20R. DEEP BLENDED OUT AREA WAS NOT COVERED IN THE BOEING 737-300 SRM. MAINTENANCE CLEANED AND INSPECTED THE DAMAGED AREA TO ENSURE NO CRACKS EXISTED, NONE WERE ALLOWED AND NONE WERE FOUND. FABRICATED EXTERNAL DOUBLER FROM 2024-T3 IAW AMERICA WEST AIRLINES ENGINEERING REPAIR NO. 03-5381-05285-HF1. FABRICATED REPAIR PARTS WERE INSTALLED WET AT BS 1088, STR 20R IAW AWA ER NO. 03-5381-05285-HF1.

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