# SDR SWAA2023013094904

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: January 25, 2023
- Submitted: January 30, 2023
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N7742B](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7742B), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 737-7BD
- Registry model: [Boeing 737-7BD](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-7bd) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 33928
- Aircraft time: 51,674 hours, 27,658 cycles
- System (JASC): [5344 · Fuselage, Door Hinge](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5344)
- Part: Hinge
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: Aft Pax Door
- Stage of operation: IN
- How discovered: 9
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA2023013094904

## Discrepancy

AFT ENTRY DOOR; AFT DOOR STOP HINGE; 3RD FROM THE TOP; HAS EVIDENCE OF A CRACK. AFT ENTRY DOOR AFT DOOR STOP 3RD FROM THE TOP HAS EVIDENCE OF A CRACK.<[01] PERFORMED HFEC CRACK VERIFICATION ON AFT ENTRY DOOR; AFT DOOR STOP HINGE; 3RD FROM THE TOP; IAW NDT MANUAL PART 6 51-00-00 PROCEDURE 23.;[02] R&R AFT ENTRY DOOR PER AMM 52-13-00

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