Service difficulty report · Angle · Boeing 737*

Difficulty date
December 22, 2021
Submitted
February 7, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N454WN
Make and model
Boeing 737*
Aircraft serial
29851
Aircraft time
59,747 hours, 35,307 cycles
Part
Angle
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
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

FWD CABIN FUSELAGE SUPPORT FRAME FLANGE HAS SMALL CRACK @ STA 312 ABOVE L-1 DOOR UPPER SILL CUTOUT FWD MKD ; / [01] REMOVED FASTENERS ATTACHED TO REPAIR AS PER B-737-700- SRM 51-40-02-OG-O; [02] CUT-OUT DAMAGED END SECCION [INNER CHORD]AS PER B-737-700 SRM 53-10-07-2R-1 FIGURE 202; [03] PERFORMED HFEC AT CUT OUT IAW NDTM PART 6; 51-00-00 PROCEDURE 23. NO CRACKS<BR>[NORTEC 600 ;B/C 166316 ;CALIB.DUE-10/22]; [04] AFTER HFEC PERFORMED; ACCOMPLISHED INSURANCE CUT AS RDQUIRED PER B737-700 SRM 53-10-07-2R-1 STEP 4D.; [05] PERFORMED HFEC HOLE PROBE INSPECTION ON ALL INITIAL FASTENER HOLE LOCATIONS IAW NDTM PART 6; 51-00-00; PROCEDURE 16. NO CRACKS.<BR>[NORTEC 600;B/C 172389;CALIB.DUE-7/22]; [06] ACCOMPLISHED DVI NO OTHER DEFECTS NOTED; [07] FABRICATED REPAIR ANGLE PER B737-700 SRM 53-10-07-2R-1 STEP 4G FIG 203; MATERIAL USED 7075-0.063 PO#1744191; [08] PERFORMED FP INSP ON REPAIR PART. IAW B 737 SOPM 20-20-02. NO CRACKS FOUND.; [09] VERIFIED STEP #7; [10] OK TO APPLY TREATMENT AND PRIMER.; [11] APLIED TREAT AND PRIME AT ANGLE REPAIR AS PER B-737-700 SRM 51-20-01-OG AND M/M 51-21-72-370-804; [12] VERIFIED STEP #11; [13] OK TO INSTALL NEW ANGLE REPAIR.; [14] INSTALLED ANGLE REPAIR ON UPPER CHORD AT STA 312;BETWEEN S-5L AND S-6L AS PER B-737-700 SRM 53-10-07-2R-1 FIG. 201; [15] LATE ENTRY: AFTER FABRICATION OF ANGLE REPAIR ON STEP 7 HEAT TREATED ANGLE PER BAC 5602; TAG # 403030.; [16] VERIFIED STEPS #14 AND #15