Service difficulty report · Rib · Boeing 7377BD

Difficulty date
May 4, 2022
Submitted
June 6, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N7735A
Make and model
Boeing 7377BD
Aircraft serial
34862
Aircraft time
51,916 hours, 27,874 cycles
Part
Rib
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rh 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

RT HORIZONTAL STAB INSPAR RIB STA 120.10 (RIB 4 CRACK IN LOWER TRANSITION RADIOUS OF THE VERTICAL STIFFENER POSITION 2. / CUT AND REMOVED THE DAMAGE FROM THE VERTIAL STIFFENER OF THE RIB 4; AT RT HORIZONTAL STAB STA 120.10 ASPER B737-700 SRM 55-10-09-2R-4;PERFORMED HFEC INSP ON RH HORIZ STAB INSPAR RIB STIFFENER#2. IAW B 737 NDT PART 6 51-00-00 PROCE 23. NO CRACKS FOUND.CRACK FOUND AT CUT OUT AREA OF STIFFENER #4 IAW NDTM PART 6; 51-00-00 PROCEDURE 23. LENGTH OF CRACK : 0.218'. ACCOMPLISHED A GENERAL VISUAL INSPECTION OF ALL REWORKED AREAS AND NO DEFECTS NOTED AT THIS TIME. INSTALLED RIB STIFFENER REPAIR AT #2 STIFFENER AND INSPAR RIB #4 L/E STA120.30 ASPER B737-7 SRM 55-10-09-2R-4; FIG 202 AND VIEW A.;

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