Service difficulty report · Stringer · Boeing 737

Difficulty date
September 2, 2021
Submitted
April 29, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N229WN
Make and model
Boeing 737
Aircraft serial
32498
Aircraft time
53,178 hours, 31,536 cycles
Part
Stringer
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
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

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: STRINGER 26 LEFT IS CRACKED AT B.S. 520+16. ; / [01] REQUEST NDT VERIFY EXISTENCE OF CRACK AT STRINGER 26 LEFT; BS520+16; [02] HFEC INSPECTED PER 737NDT PART 6 51-00-00 PROCEDURE 23. FOUND CRACK COMING FROM MOST AFT FASTENER HOLE ON STR 26L COMMON TO 540 CHORD. MARKED END F CRACK WITH RED DOT. CAL ID N600 ATS1465.; [03] CRACK FOUND AT STRINGER 26L BS 520+16. LOCATED AT AFT MOST FASTENER HOLE PLUS 0.50' FWD. DAMAGE FOUND TO OUT OF ALLOWABLE DAMAGE LIMITS IAW SRM 53-00-03-1A-1.; [11] VERIFIED CORRECTIVE ACTION STEP 10.; [12] FABRICATED STRINGER AND SPLICE REPAIR PART PER SRM 53-00-03-2R-1; STEP 4; FIG 205. APPLIED CHEMICAL CONVERSION COATING ON REPAIR PARTS PER SRM 51-20-01. REQUEST OK TO PRIME.;