Service difficulty report · Vapor Barrier · Boeing 7378H4

Difficulty date
January 22, 2021
Submitted
January 26, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N8319F
Make and model
Boeing 7378H4
Aircraft serial
36994
Aircraft time
28,208 hours, 12,536 cycles
Part
Vapor Barrier
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

RT 663 VAPOR BARRIER HAS A CRACK AT APPROXIMATELY RBL 49 AND 9 IN FROM STRINGER. COMPLETED TIME LIMITED REPAIR EA 1-A57-13410 REV 01 REPETITIVE INSPECTION ACTION. REMOVE ALUMINUM FOIL SPEED TAPE AND INSPECT CRACKS FOR ADDITIONAL GROWTH. IF NO ADDITIONAL GROWTH, REAPPLY SPEED TAPE. IF CRACK HAS GROWN, BUT STILL WITHIN THE LIMITS OF STEP 1 OF THIS EA, STOP DRILL THE CRACK PER 737-700/800 SRM 51-10-02 AND APPLY SPEED TAPE. INSPECTION THRESHOLD: 100 FLIGHT CYCLES, REPEAT INSPECTION INTERVAL: 100 FLIGHT CYCLES CONTINUED ON LOG PAGE 0088225EL P#0088225E PERMENANT REPAIR LIMIT: ACCOMPLISH A PERMANENT REPAIR AS GIVEN IN 737-700/-800 SRM 51-70-04 REPAIR 10 OR AS AN ALTERNATIVE; REPAIR PART OF THE CRACK SO THAT THE CRACK LENGTH IS LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE DAMAGE LIMIT. APPLY THE INTERIM SEAL OVER THE CRACK THAT IS LEFT AS GIVEN IN 737-700/-800 SRM 57-10-10 PARAGRAPH 2C (4) ALLOWABLE DAMAGE 2. PERMANENT REPAIR LIMIT: 600 FLIGHT CYCLES REPETITIVE ACTION REQUIRED.

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