SDR CALA2024100900796

Service difficulty report · Window Post · Boeing 737824

Difficulty date: October 5, 2024
Submitted: October 11, 2024
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N26232
Make and model: Boeing 737824
Aircraft serial: 28942
Aircraft time: 76,723 hours, 29,209 cycles
System (JASC): 5310 · Fuselage Main, Structure
Part: Window Post
Condition: Cracked
Location: L3 Window
Stage of operation: IN
How discovered: E
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

SUSPECT 2 CRACKS ON L3 FWD WINDOW POST 2ND SCREW UP FROM BOTTOM FWD. SEE ATTACHED PHOTO HFEC INSPECTION REQUIRED, REF SRM 56-10-02-1A-3 PARA. 4 A. FIG 102. CRACK ON 2ND SCREW UP ON LEFT WINDOW POST BETWEEN WINDOWS L2 AND L3. VERIFIED WITH HFEC 1 EA CRACK THAT GOES ACCROSS BOTH SIDES OF SCREW . THE OTHER DOES NOT SHOW AS A CRACK. LOCTION IS COCKPIT WINDOW FRAME BETWEEN L2 & L3 WINDOW POST. PIX ATTACHED ABOVE. REF.NDT 6-51-00-00/23.