Service difficulty report · Rib · Boeing 737247

Difficulty date
October 12, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N376DL
Make and model
Boeing 737247
Aircraft serial
23603
Part
Rib
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 851
Stage of operation
IN
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

THE WING RIB UPPER CHORD AT RBL 70.5 AND BS 851 HAS TWO CRACKS IN THE VERTICAL FLANGE. ONE CRACK EXTENDS FROM THE AFT END OF THE PART IN THE BOTTOM FASTENER ROW. THE SECOND CRACK EXTENDS FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE AFT EDGE OF THE VERTICAL FLANGE TO THE END FASTENER IN THE UPPER ROW. IN ADDITION, CORROSION WAS FOUND AT THE UPPER FLANGE OF THE RIB CHORD AT BS 846. THE CORROSION IS .050 DEEP AND IS APPROXIMATELY 1 INCH OUTBOARD OF THE VERTICAL FLANGE OF THE RIB CHORD. THE BLENDED AREA MEASURES APPROX 3 FWD/AFT AND 1.5 INBD/OUTBD. REPAIRED PER DALA ER/A 304296-14, REV A.