Service difficulty report · Spar · Boeing 737376

Difficulty date
July 24, 2003
Submitted
September 4, 2003
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Boeing 737376
System (JASC)
5711 · Wing Spar
Part
Spar
Part number
6545407
Condition
Corroded
Location
Rt Wing
Part time
42,828 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

(AUS) RT WING VENT BOX CORRODED. NR 10 STIFFENER AFT FACE CORRODED IN AN AREA LOCATED BETWEEN WS563 & WS 578 OVER AN AREA APPROX 381MM BY 63.5MM. RT WING UPPER SKIN INNER SURFACE CORRODED BETWEEN WS 557 & 583 IN AN AREA BETWEEN STIFFENER NR 11 & WING REAR SPAR. 7 PATCHES OF CORROSION WERE FOUND VARYING BETWEEN 25.4MM (1IN) SQUARE & 177.8MM BY 76.2MM. MAX CORROSION DEPTH AFTER BLENDOUT RANGED FROM 0.1016MM TO 0.381MM. IN ONE 177.8MM BY 76.2MM PATCH PARTIALLY BENEATH STIFFENER NR 10 AT WS 566 TO WS 573 CORROSION DEPTH RANGED FROM 0.127MM TO MAX OF 11.43MM IN ONE VERY SMALL AREA. RT WING REAR SPAR LOWER SECTION CONTAINED CORROSION LOCATED BETWEEN WS 557 & WS 583.