Service difficulty report · Vapor Barrier · Boeing 7377H4

Difficulty date
May 14, 2022
Submitted
May 25, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N774SW
Make and model
Boeing 7377H4
Aircraft serial
27882
Aircraft time
70,806 hours, 41,985 cycles
Part
Vapor Barrier
Condition
Cracked
Location
Center Wing
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

L/H STA 663 VAPOR BARRIER CRACKED AT LBL 10 LOWER CORNER. STOP DRILL CRACK AS PER B737 SRM 51-70-04-2R-10; ACCOMPLISH DRY OUT ON DAMAGE AREA OF L/H VAPOR BARRIER FOUND NO WATER AS PER B737 SRM 51-70-04-2R-0 SECTION 4-D-9; REPAIRED 9' CRACK ON THE L/H VAPOR BARRIER WITH A PERMANENT REPAIR AS PER B737 SRM 51-70-04-2R-10 AND REPAIRED A 6' INTERIM REPAIR IN THE SAME LOCATION .TOTAL CRACK SIZE 15' AS PER B737 SRM 57-10-10-1A-2 SECTION 2-C-4 AT STA 663 LBL 10' LOWER CORNER.PERFORMED TAP TEST ON REPAIRED AREA; FOUND NO DELAMINATION AS PER B737 NDT 51-05-01 SECTION (5);ON THE INTERIM REPAIR DO A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE REPAIRED AREA AT 1200 FLIGHT CYCLE INTERVALS OR MORE FREQUENTLY AS PER B737 SRM 57-10-10-1A-2 SECTION 2-C-(4);

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