Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 7377H4

Difficulty date
May 26, 2022
Submitted
June 17, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N253WN
Make and model
Boeing 7377H4
Aircraft serial
32511
Aircraft time
53,013 hours, 31,527 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
R/H 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

R/W L/E SLAT #6 NOSE SKIN AT ACTUATOR RIB O/B AFT FASTENER HOLE CRACKED / [01] PERFORMED HFEC AT SUSPECTED CRACK IAW NDTM PART 6; 51-00-00 PROCEDURE 23. CRACK CONFIRMED. CRACK LENGTH :0.093' [NORTEC 600 ; B/C 166316 ; CALIB.DUE- 10/22];[11] FABRICATED DOUBLER MAT. USED 7075-T6 .071 AND FILLER REPAIR MAT. UAED .063;7075-T6 DRILLEDS AND REAMERS HOLES AND COUNTERSINK IAW B737-7 SRM 57-42-01-2R-8 REPAIR 8[19] INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS & APPLIED FILLED SEALANT AT R/W L/E #6 SLAT LOWER NOSE SKIN AS PER B737-7 SRM 57-42-01-2R-8; REPAIR 8. MIXED SEALANT ON 06/09/22 @ 7:30AM; APPLIED @ 7:45AM.;[20] VERIFIED STEP 1;[21] OK TO INSTALL PNLS 623CB; 623DB; 623EB AND FLEX SEAL REMOVED IN STEP 2;[22] RE-INSTALLED PANELS: 623CB; 623DB; 623ED; & FLEX SEAL(APPLIED BMS 10-21; TYPE III(ANTI-STATIC COATING)(MEASURED ELECT. RESISTANCE: PASSED. TOOL USED: B/C:13668; DUE DATE: 29/SEP/22) ; AS PER B737-7 SRM 51-40-02; & 57-42-01-2R-8; SHEET 7; GENERAL NOTES.;[23] ACCOMPLISHED REPAIR AT R/W L/E SLAT #6; NOSE LOWER SKIN AS PER B737-7 SRM 57-42-01-2R-8; REPAIR 8; FIG. 202; SHEET 3..;[24] VERIFIED STEP 22 AND 23;[25] VERIFIED STEPS 23 AND 24

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