Service difficulty report · Rib · Boeing 7377H4

Difficulty date
November 9, 2021
Submitted
January 10, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N770SA
Make and model
Boeing 7377H4
Aircraft serial
30589
Aircraft time
69,290 hours, 41,022 cycles
Part
Rib
Condition
Cracked
Location
Horizontal Stab
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER INSPAR RIB ASSY. #4 (STAB STA 120.30) STIFFENER #3; LOWER AREA CRACK NOTED. ; / [01] CUT AND REMOVED THE DAMAGE FROM THE VERTICAL #3 STIFFENER OF THE RIB AND CUT AND REMOVED THE DAMAGE FROM THE WEB. MADE THE CORNER RADII OF THE WEB CUTOUT A MINIMUM OF 0.167 IN IN IAW SRM 55-10-09-2R-4 FIG202 SHEET1; [02] VERIFIED STEP 1; [03] PERFORMED HFEC INSP ON CUTOUT AREA. IAW B 737 NDT PART 6 51-00-00 PROCE 23. TOOL NORTEC 600. BC 166316. CALIB DUE 10-8-22. NO CRACKS FOUND.; [04] CHECKED SURFACE FINISH ON CUT OUT AREA FOUND TO BE SMOOTHER THAN 63 MICRO INCHES RA REF B737 SRM 51-20-13.; [05] LOCATED AND DRILLED REPAIR PARTS FROM KIT 55100003-01 PER REF B737 SRM 51-40-02-0G-0; [06] TOOL USED FOR SURFACE FINISH; ROUGHNESS CHECK ID 172329; [07] ACCOMPLISHED GVI OF ALL THE AREAS WITHIN THE REPAIR PER SRM 55-10-09; NO DEFECTS NOTED.; [08] VERIFIED STEPS 4; 5 AND 6.; [09] OK TO INSTALL REPAIR PARTS TO RIB ASSY #4; STIFFENER #3.; [10] MIXED PRC BMS5-95 ON 12/13/21 AT 10:00AM; SQUEEZE OUT TIME BY 12/13/21 AT 12:00 PM; INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS PER RE B737 SRM 55-10-09-2R-4; [11] ACCOMPLISHED PERMANENT REPAIR OF RT HORZ STAB RIB ASSY #4 STA 120.3 STIFFENER #3 PER REF B737 SRM 55-10-09-2R-4; [12] VERIFIED STEP 11; [13] LATE ENTRY: VERIFIED STEP 10.; [14] RII STEP 10 AND 11 C/W; [15] C/W; [16] C/W

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