- Difficulty date
- March 18, 2009
- Submitted
- March 19, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Boeing 737824
- Aircraft serial
- 30429
- Aircraft time
- 29,481 hours, 10,332 cycles
- Part
- Intercostal
- Part number
- 143A5240
- 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
INTERCOSTAL CRACKED AT STA 540 RBL 0. REMOVED CRACKED INTERCOSTAL AT STA 540 & AMP; RBL 0 FABRICATED NEW INTERCOSTAL FROM 7075 .040 (PAC 44429), DRILLED INTERCOSTAL, ALODINED & AMP; PRIMED PART IAW B737-8 SRM 51-20-01, INSTALLED INTERCOSTAL AT STA 540 RBL 0 IAW BOEING DWG 143A5240 & AMP; B737-8 SRM 51-40-02.