SDR FDEA200912034345

Service difficulty report · Stringer · Boeing 7572B7

Difficulty date: December 3, 2009
Submitted: December 3, 2009
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N909FD
Make and model: Boeing 7572B7
Aircraft serial: 27200
Aircraft time: 52,338 hours, 21,726 cycles
System (JASC): 5313 · Fuselage Main, Longeron/Stringer
Part: Stringer
Condition: Cracked
Location: Bs 1661 S18l
Stage of operation: IN
How discovered: V
Nature of condition: O
Precautionary procedure: K

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What was found

WHILE REMOVING FLOORBEAM AT STA 1661 A CRACK WAS FOUND AT STA 1661 STR 18L. REMOVED CRACKED STRINGER 18L, STA 1645 - 1670 IAW SRM 51-40-02. LOCATED, DRILLED, AND TRIMMED STRINGER AND HAT CHANNEL . IAW SRM 51-40-05. INSTALLED STRINGER AND HAT CHANNEL STA 1645-1670, S18L IAW SRM 53-00-03 AND SRM 51-40-02. CATEGORY "A" REPAIR. MAJOR REPAIR.

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