# SDR SWAA2026072180168

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: July 17, 2026
- Submitted: July 22, 2026
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N8746Q](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8746Q), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 737-8
- Registry model: [Boeing 737-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 61889
- Aircraft time: 17,039 hours, 8,106 cycles
- System (JASC): [5420 · Nacelle/Pylon Miscellaneous Structure](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5420)
- Part: Heat Shield
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: Zone 400
- Stage of operation: IN
- How discovered: V
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA2026072180168

## Discrepancy

OTS - #2 ENGINE AFT STRUT FAIRING LOWER HEAT SHIELD CRACKED. CRACK MEASURES ROUGHLY 14 IN LENGTH AND .080 WIDE AT ITS WIDEST. SEE ATTACHED PICTURES_ REF TTG8Q01D87DS FOR EA 26-154-01944

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