Service difficulty report · Stiffener · Boeing 7377H4

Difficulty date
October 1, 2021
Submitted
November 17, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N774SW
Make and model
Boeing 7377H4
Aircraft serial
27882
Aircraft time
69,284 hours, 41,071 cycles
Part
Stiffener
Condition
Cracked
Location
L/H Horiz. Stab.
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 HORIZONTAL STAB INSPAR RIB NR 4, STIFFENER 3 LOWER AREA CRACKED. REMOVED DAMAGED IAW SRM 55-10-09-2R, REPAIR 4. PERFORMED HFEC INSP ON STIFFENER IAW NDT P6 51-00-00 PROC.23, CRACK NOTED. PERFORMED ROTO INSP ON STIFFENER IAW NDT P6 51-00-00 PROC.16 NO CRACKS NOTED. REMOVED CRACK IAW SRM 55-10-09-2R, REPAIR 4. PREFOMED ROUGHNESS OF 63MICRO INCHES RA AND INITIAL PART 125 MICRO INCHES IAW SRM 55-10-09-R2 R 5. LOCATED AND DRILLED A REPAIR SRM 51-40--05 0G-0. TREATED AND PRIMED AREA IAW AMM 51-21-41-370-802 AND AMM51-21-72-370-802. INSTALLED NEW REPAIR RIB $ STIFFENER #3 SRM 51-40-02-0G-0.

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