Service difficulty report · Rib · Boeing 737*

Difficulty date
February 16, 2022
Submitted
March 14, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N7726A
Make and model
Boeing 737*
Aircraft serial
33924
Aircraft time
52,740 hours, 28,333 cycles
Part
Rib
Condition
Cracked
Location
R/H Horiz. 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

R/H HORIZONTAL STAB. RIB #5 AT STAB. STA-129.50; STIFFENER #3 AT LOWER CHORD HAS A CRACK. / [01] REMOVED DAMAGED AREA FROM THE VERTICAL STIFFENER #3 AT LOWER CHORD ON THE RIB #5 R/H HORIZONTAL STAB STA.129.50 REF B737-700 SRM 55-10-09-2R-4 FIG 202;[15] INSTALLED REPAIR ON RIB #5 REF B737-700 SRM 55-10-09-2R-0 FIG 202;[16] VERIFIED INSTALLATION OF REPAIR PARTS ON RIB #5;[17] MEASUREMENTS ENTRY AND PARTS TRANSACTION ONLY;[18] REMOVED DAMAGED AREA FROM THE VERTICAL STIFFENER #3 AT LOWER CHORD ON THE RIB #5 R/H HORIZONTAL STAB STA.129.50 REF B737-700 SRM 55-10-09-2R-4 FIG 202. TRIMMED OUT CRACK ON WEB AREA AT RIB#5 REF B737-700 SRM 55-10-09-2R-0 FIG202.LOCATED AND DRILLED ALL PARTS FROM KIT P/N:55100003-01 PO#1728471 ON RIB #5 REF B737-700 SRM 55-10-09-2R-4 FIG 202.EVALUATED SURFACE ROUGHNESS AT REWORKED AREA SURFACE ROUGHNESS FOUND AT 63 MICROINCHES RA OR SMOOTHER REF B737-700 SRM 55-10-09 2R-4.TOOL USED B/C#171855. TREATED AND PRIMED ALL REPAIR PARTS AND REWORKED AREA REF B737-700 AMM 51-21-72-370-804 ANDSRM 51-20-01-0G-0. INSTALLED REPAIR ON RIB #5 REF B737-700 SRM 55-10-09-2R-0 FIG 202;[19] VERIFIED STEP #18