Service difficulty report · Intercostal · Boeing 737490

Difficulty date
November 16, 2015
Submitted
December 3, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N705AS
Make and model
Boeing 737490
Aircraft serial
29318
Aircraft time
54,169 hours, 30,726 cycles
Part
Intercostal
Part number
65C3397337
Part serial
B66716
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 328-344
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

INTERCOSTAL BETWEEN STR 328 TO 344 IS CRACKED AT FASTENER HOLE ON HORIZONTAL FLANGE AT LBL 44. ACFT GROUNDED. LOCATED AND DRILLED NEW INTERCOSTAL AT BS 328 TO 344, LBL 44 IAW SRM 51-30-1-0G-0, REMOVED DAMAGE AND REPLACED WITH NEW INTERCOSTAL IAW SRM 51-40-02-0G-0.