Service difficulty report · Bear Strap · Boeing 737347

Difficulty date
December 13, 2001
Submitted
January 9, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N303WA
Make and model
Boeing 737347
Aircraft serial
23183
Aircraft time
46,817 hours, 32,470 cycles
Part
Bear Strap
Part number
6547955533
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

AT FS 795 AT THE LWR FWD CORNER OF THE C-2 DOOR, A 1 INCH CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE BEARSTRAP. IN ADDITION AN EXISTING SKIN REPAIR NEAR STR 23R. THE EXISTING REPAIR IS FOR A CUTOUT IN THE SKIN AND BEARSTRAP. THE BEARSTRAP CRACK WAS GROWING FROM EXISTING EDGE DAMAGE AND WAS TRIMMED OUT. REPAIRED PER ER/A 412245-14 REV ORIGINAL.