Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 73733A

Difficulty date
February 11, 2006
Submitted
March 28, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N173AW
Make and model
Boeing 73733A
Aircraft serial
23632
Aircraft time
66,532 hours, 41,129 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
6545775594
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 870
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

DURING C22 CHECK DISCOVERED FUSELAGE SKIN CRACKED AT STR 24R AND BS 870. THREE EXISTING REPAIRS IN AREA, BETWEEN 847 AND BS 875 BELOW STR 20R, WHICH WOULD EXCEED THE DAMAGE PARAMETERS OF BOEING 737-300 SRM 53-00-01 FIG 201 REPAIR 31 OR REPAIR 32 GUIDELINES. MX TRIMMED OUT DAMAGED AREA IAW AWA ER NR 03-5361-03069-ES1. FABRICATED TRIPLER, DOUBLER, FILLER AND STRUCTURAL FILLERS IAW AWA ER NR 03-5361-03069-ES1. FABRICATED REPAIR PARTS WERE INSTALLED IAW AWA ER NR 03-5361-03069-ES1.

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