What was found
STA 178 BULKHEAD LBL 5.7 VERTICAL CHORD FOUDN CRACKED ON BOTH FORWARD FLANGES, APPROXIMATELY 9 INCHES ABOVE THE LOWER END OF THE CHORD. DAMAGE REPAIRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH S/B 737-53A1173. 334828-14AD.
- Difficulty date
- August 9, 2000
- Submitted
- August 14, 2000
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N374DL
- Make and model
- Boeing 737247
- Aircraft serial
- 23521
- Aircraft time
- 35,220 hours, 29,919 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5311 · Fuselage Main, Frame
- Part
- Frame
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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