Service difficulty report · Pressure Blkhd · Boeing 737724

Difficulty date
January 5, 2022
Submitted
January 7, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N16701
Make and model
Boeing 737724
Aircraft serial
28762
Aircraft time
73,991 hours, 26,245 cycles
Part
Pressure Blkhd
Part number
111A1111
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 663
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

LEFT WW VERTICAL PRESSURE DECK WEB CRACKED APPROX 2" BETWEEN LBL 40.00 AND LBL 45.64 --- SEE PHOTO,S COMPLIED WITH HFEC REF NDT PART 6 51-00-00 23. CRACK VERIFIED. REF SRM 57-10-10-2R4 STEP 4B. PERFORMED HFEC PER STEP 4C NO C/W SRM 57-10-10 2R4 STEP 4E HFEC ONLY. NO CRACK INDICATIONS CONFIRMED INSURANCE CUT PER 4E AND MATERIAL ID 2024-T3 BARE FOR CRACKS FOUND PRESENT. READY FOR INSURANCE CUT PER 4E. REPAIR PART. PO #6480381 IDT QC NEEDED TO VERIFY CRACK PHOTO ADDED VIEW FROM CABIN FLOOR STOP DRILLED CRACK ENDS AT .250 REF SRM 57-10-10-2R4 STEP 4B. COVERED UP ALL WIRES AND TUBING AS NEEDED FOR EWIZ IN L/H W/W CUT OUT CRACK REF SRM 57-10-10-2R4 STEP 4D. NEED TO DO HFEC PER PERFORMED INSURANCE CUT PER 4.E AND VERIFIED DOUBLER MATL. AS NEED HFEC PER STEP 4C AND L/H PRESSURE DECK WEB AREA STEP 4E 2024-T3 BARE .100" COMPOUND REF. SRM57-10-10-2R-4 REPAIR4 AND INITIATED A DIP TO MORE THAN 6,000 FLIGHT CYCLES OR 24 MONTHS AFTER INSTALLATION, REPLACE REPAIR WITH A PERMANENT REPAIR AS GIVEN IN REPAIR 3 NO WHICH EVER COMES FIRST. STOP DRILLED AND ROUTED OUT CRACK, INSTALLED CATAGORY C REPAIR DOUBLER, APPLIED VAPOR BARRIER SEALANT AND CORROSION INHIBITING TOMC APPROVED TO REPLACE REPAIR 4 WITH A PERMANENT REPAIR AS TOMC-APPROVAL FROM SC1ELBYC COMMENT GIVEN IN REPAIR 3 NO MORE THAN 6,000 FLIGHT CYCLES OR 24 MONTH AFTER INSTALLATION, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST IN REFERENCE WITH SRM 57-10-10-2R-4 OK TO INSTALL REPAIR PARTS C/W RII INSPECTION OF SRM 57-10-10-2R-4 RPR 4 STEPS 4H THROUGH VERIFIED AP