Service difficulty report · Rib · Boeing 7377H4

Difficulty date
April 24, 2022
Submitted
May 18, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N928WN
Make and model
Boeing 7377H4
Aircraft serial
36890
Aircraft time
45,601 hours, 27,673 cycles
Part
Rib
Condition
Cracked
Location
Lh Hor 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

LT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER #4 RIB STIFFENER # 4 CRACKED. REMOVED DAMAGE AT LT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER #4 RIB STIFFENER #4 IAW SRM 51-10-02-0G-0 AND SRM 55-10-09-2R-4. PERFORMED HFEC INSP. ON RIB#4 STIFFENER #2 WEB IAW B737 NDT PART 6; 51-00-00; PROCEDURE 23. CRACK REMAINED AND MARK . PERFORMED HFEC AT CUT OUT IAW NDTM PART 6; 51-00-00 PROCEDURE 23. NO CRACKS. PERFORMED HFEC HOLE PROBE INSPECTION ON ALL REMOVED FASTENER LOCATIONS IAW NDTM PART 6; 51-00-00; PROCEDURE 16. NO CRACKS.VERIFIED THE CUT EDGE SURFACE ROUGHNESS SMOOTHER THAN 63 MICRO INCHES RA IN IAW SRM 51-20-13-0G-0.LOCATED AND DRILLED REPAIR PARTS AND RIB AS PER B737-700 SRM 55-10-09-2R-4 REPAIR 4 AND SRM 51-40-05-0G-0. TREATED AND PRIMED REPAIR PARTS AS PER B737-700 SRM 51-20-01-0G-0 AND SOPM 20-41-02.INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS AS PER B737-700 SRM 55-10-09-2R-4 FIG. 202; STEPS M THRU Q.

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