Service difficulty report · Frame · Boeing 737247

Difficulty date
February 6, 2002
Submitted
February 20, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N243WA
Make and model
Boeing 737247
Aircraft serial
23517
Aircraft time
43,618 hours, 32,743 cycles
Part
Frame
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

THE LT SIDE CHORD OF THE FS 178 BULKHEAD WAS FOUND CRACKED AT WL 195. THE FLOOR WEBS AT WL 207 WERE ALSO FOUND CRACKED. THE CHORD WAS REPAIRED WITH REPAIR ANGLES PER BAC S/B AND THE FLOOR WEBS WERE REPLACED PER THE S/B. THE WORK WAS DOCUMENTED PER ER/A 382559-14AD.