What was found
DURING C 4 CHECK, CORROSION WAS FOUND ON THE INTERIOR FUSELAGE SKIN AT BS 500 AND STR 26L. FUSELAGE SKIN WAS ROUTED OUT AND REPAIRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ENGINEERING AUTHORIZATION EA 53-737-185, SRM 53-00-01 AND SRM 53-30-03.
- Difficulty date
- October 18, 2002
- Submitted
- October 21, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N578US
- Make and model
- Boeing 737301
- Aircraft serial
- 23257
- Aircraft time
- 55,067 hours, 31,976 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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