Service difficulty report · Rib · Boeing 7377H4

Difficulty date
January 20, 2022
Submitted
January 31, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N241WN
Make and model
Boeing 7377H4
Aircraft serial
32504
Aircraft time
52,972 hours, 31,518 cycles
Part
Rib
Condition
Cracked
Location
Horizontal Stab
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

HORIZONTAL STAB RT RIB 5 HSS 129.50 2ND STIFFENER FROM FWD END CRACKED AT BOTTOM. HFEC INSP ON RIB IAW NDT PART 6 51-00-00 PROC. 23. CRACK CONFIRMED. REMOVED CRACK IAW SRM 51-10-02-0G-0 & 55-10-09-2R-4, REPAIR 4. HFEC INSP IN REPAIR AREA IAW NDT PART 6 51-00-00 PROC. 23. NO CRACKS. ROTO INSP IAW NDT PART 6 51-00-00 PROC. 16. NO CRACKS. VISUAL INSP OF ALL AREAS IN REPAIR AREA & UNDERLYING STRUCTURE, NO CORROSION OR DEFECTS. ACCOMPLISHED 63 MICROINCHES ROUGHNESS TEST AT SURFACE & CUT OUT EDGES. LOCATED & DRILLED AREA & REPAIR IAW SRM 51-40-05-0G-0 & 55-10-09-2R-4 REPAIR 4. TREATED & PRIMED REPAIR & RIB IAW SRM 51-20-01-0G-0 & SOPM 20-41-02. INSTALLED REPAIR IAW SRM 55-10-09-2R-4 REPAIR 4 & SRM 51-40-02.

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