Service difficulty report · None · Boeing 7378H4

Difficulty date
December 7, 2021
Submitted
January 4, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N8673F
Make and model
Boeing 7378H4
Aircraft serial
36937
Aircraft time
20,472 hours, 9,411 cycles
Part
None
Condition
Cracked
Location
Center Wing
Stage of operation
UK
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

A113-08 R/H A/C BAY CENTER TANK STA 663; RBL 33.8; LOWER CHORD IS CRACKED. ; / [01] REMOVED VERTICAL STIFFENER AT RBL 45 IAW SRM 51-40-02.; [02] REMOVED U CHANNEL BS 663 RBL 45 TO RBL 70 IAW SRM 51-40-02.; [03] STARTED REMOVING FASTENERS C/T FUEL TANK. IAW SRM 51-40-02-OG-0; [04] VERIFIED STEP 3; [05] VERIFIED -1 REPLACEMENT ANGLE FABRICATED ON BACKSHOP W/O 43031-5100-0001 AND -2 SPLICE ANGLE FABRICATED ON BACKSHOP W/O 43031-5100-0002 IAW SRM 57-10-10-2R-5; [06] VERIFIED STEP 5; [07] HFEC IAW B737 NDT PART 6; 51-00-00 PROC 23 & 16. NO DEFECTS NOTED. TOOL#36303; DUE 13APR22; [08] REMOVED R/H SIDE DAMAGED ANGLE FROM RBL 5 TO O/B END OF PART IAW B737 SRM 57-10-10-2R-5; [09] VERIFIED REPLACEMENT ANGLE MATERIAL WITH BACKSHOP W/O 43031/5100/0009.; [10] VERIFIED NEW SPLICE ANGLE WITH BACKSHOP W/O 43031/5100/0002; [16] COMPLETED FABRICATION OF REPAIR PARTS IAW SRM 57-10-10-2R-5; [24] OK TO INSTALL ALL REPAIR PARTS IN R/H A/C BAY STA 663; [25] OK TO INSTALL 'U' CHANNEL AT BS 663 RBL 45 TO RBL 70 THAT WAS REMOVED ON STEP 2 OF THIS CARD; [26] INSTALLED ALL FASTENERS IN REPAIR PARTS [-1] AND [-2] COMMON TO THE FUEL TANK USING BMS 5-95 MIXED AT 1800 HRS IAW SRM 57-10-10-2R-5; [29] VERIFIED STEP 28 IS COMPLETE; [30] VERIFIED STEP 28; [31] OK TO INSTALL VERTICAL STIFFENER AT RBL 45 THAT WAS REMOVED ON STEP 1 OF THIS CARD; [32] INSTALLED VERTICAL STIFFNER AT RBL 45 IAW SRM 51-40-02-OG-0;

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