Service difficulty report · Intercostal · Boeing 737347

Difficulty date
December 21, 2000
Submitted
January 2, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N305WA
Make and model
Boeing 737347
Aircraft serial
23346
Aircraft time
43,312 hours, 29,633 cycles
Part
Intercostal
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 / R1 DOOR OPENING / AFT FRAME / INTERCOSTAL / STR.8A : CRACK REPAIR. INSPECTION OF THE R1 DOOR OPENING SURROUND STRUCTURE REVEALED A CRACK IN THE AFT DOOR FRAME INTERCOSTAL AT STRINGER 8A. THE CRACK IS TYPICAL OF BAC S/B 737-53A1108. THE INTERCOSTAL WAS REPAIRED WITH ALUMINUM ANGLES AND STRAPSPER THE BAC S/B AND PER ER/A 379563-14AD.