Service difficulty report · Rib · Boeing 7377H4

Difficulty date
November 8, 2021
Submitted
January 6, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N770SA
Make and model
Boeing 7377H4
Aircraft serial
30589
Aircraft time
69,290 hours, 41,022 cycles
Part
Rib
Part number
174A11081
Condition
Cracked
Location
Vertical 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

DORSAL FIN INTERNAL FWD (#1) RIB; CRACK NOTED. ; / [01] REMOVED RIB #1 AT INTERNAL FWD DORSAL FIN REF B737-700 SRM-51-40-02-0G-0.; [02] FABRICATED RIB #1 P/N 174A1108-1 MAT USED 2024-O 0.040 CLAD P/O# 1679582 REF DWG#174A1108.; [03] VERIFIED STEP #1 AND #2.; [04] OK TO HEAT TREAT FABRICATED PART (FORM OP84).; [05] HEAT TREATED NEW RIB P/N 174A1108-1 FROM 2024-O TO 2024-T42 REF BAC5602 AND AAR FORM OP 84 REV7.; [06] (RII) VERIFIED ALUMINUM HEAT TREATMENT; RES 2017978-23; ATTACHED FORMS OP84; OP63 WITH PARTS CONTROL #410649.; [07] LOCATED AND DRILLED FABRICATED FWD RIB (#1) AT DORSAL FIN INTERNAL AS PER B 737-700 SRM 51-40-05-0G-0; [08] (RII) VERIFIED STEP #7; [09] (RII) OK TO TREAT AND PRIME FABRICATED RIB.; [10] TREATED AND PRIMED FABRICATED RIB (#1) AT DORSAL FIN INTERNAL AS PER B 737-700 SRM 51-20-01-0G-0; [11] VERIFIED STEP 10.; [12] OK TO INSTALL PART.; [13] INSTALLED FABRICATED FWD RIB (#1) AT DORSAL FIN INTERNAL ASPER B737-700 SRM 51-40-02-0G-0 DWG #174A1008; [14] REMOVED AND REPLACED FWD RIB (#1) AT DORSAL FIN INTERNAL ASPER B737-700 SRM 51-40-02-0G-0; [15] VERIFIED STEPS 13 AND 14

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