Service difficulty report · Support · Boeing 737

Difficulty date
January 6, 2022
Submitted
April 26, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N452WN
Make and model
Boeing 737
Aircraft serial
29846
Aircraft time
60,081 hours, 35,724 cycles
Part
Support
Condition
Corroded
Location
Aft Cargo Bay
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

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: AFT CARGO COMPARTMENT R/H SIDE PLATE SUPPORT ZEE; HAS MANY SPOTS OF CORROSION FROM STA 767 TO 727. ; / [01] REMOVED CORROSION AT AFT CARGO R/H Z CHANNEL FROM 727-767 AS PER B737-700 SRM 51-10-02-0G-0; [02] VERIFIED 1; [03] PERFORMED UT THICKNESS INSP ON REWORKED AREA IAW B737 NDT P4 51-00-00 PROC.3 ; MIN THK. NOTED 0.036'<BR>TOOL USED : OLYMPUS 27MG B/C 172139 04/22; [04] MAT EVALUATION ORIGINAL MATERIAL 0.040' AFTER REWORKED MATERIAL REMAINING 0.036' MATERIAL LOST 0.004'' FOUND TO BE WITH IN LIMITS AS PER B737-700 SRM 53-00-53-1A-2 4A FIG 103 DETAIL A;B;AND C; [05] VERIFIED STEPS 3 AND 4 ;OK TO TREAT AND PRIME.; [06] TREATED AND PRIMED AREA AT AFT CARGO COMP FLOOR R/H SIDE PLATE SUPPORT ZEE CHANEL FROM STA 767 TO 727 IAWAMM51-21-41-370-802 AND AMM51-21-72-370-802.; [07] SUMMARY :REMOVED CORROSION AFT CARGO COMP R/H SIDE PLATE ZEE STA 767 TO STA 727.IAW SRM 51-10-02-0G-0.PERFORMER INSP ON REWORKED ARE NDT P451-00-00 PROC3.FOUND AREA TO BE LIMITS IAW SRM A/D 53-00-53-1A 4A FIG 103 DETAIL A;B;C.TREATED AND PRIMED AREA IAW AMM51-21-41-370-802 AND AMM51-21-72-370-802.; [08] VERIFIED STEPS 6 AND 7; [09] CORRECTED MEASURING TABLE