Service difficulty report · Rib · Boeing 737924ER

Difficulty date
August 15, 2019
Submitted
August 21, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N77430
Make and model
Boeing 737924ER
Aircraft serial
37098
Aircraft time
36,040 hours, 12,374 cycles
Part
Rib
Condition
Cracked
Location
Horizontal Stab
Part time
36,040 hours, 12,374 cycles
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

L/H STABILIZER RIB 92.7, #3,#4 VERTICAL STIFFNERS CRACKED APPROX 1.0" ABOVE LOWER FLANGE. SKIN WAS CUT TO OBTAIN ACCESS TO REPAIR VERITCAL STIFFNERS, SKIN CUT OUT REPAIRED PER SRM 55-10-01 REPAIR 11 TABLE 204 STIFFNERS REPAIRED PER SRM 55-10-09 REPAIR 4 WHICH IS A CATAGORY A REPAIR (NO OTHER ACTIONS ARE NECESSARY PER SRM 51-00- 06) ALL WORK ACP''D ON FLEETCYCLE N/R''S 9683687, 9683688. AFT OF FRONT SPAR. INSPECTION THRESHOLD 56,000 FC, REPEAT INSPECTION INTERVAL AT 9,000 FC. SKIN DOUBLER REPAIR LOCATED AT STAB STA 88 TO 106 23 TO 44 IN INSPECTION OF EXTERNAL SIDE OF DOUBLER AND AN EXTERNAL LOW FREQUENCY EDDY CURRENT OF THE SKIN AND SPAR CHORD FROM THE EXTERNAL SIDE OF DOUBLE PER SRM 55-10-01 RPR11 PAR 5 AT 56,000 TOTAL CYCLES AND EVERY 9000 CYCLES THER