Service difficulty report · Stiffener · Boeing 7377H4

Difficulty date
June 12, 2022
Submitted
July 25, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N478WN
Make and model
Boeing 7377H4
Aircraft serial
33989
Aircraft time
60,197 hours, 35,659 cycles
Part
Stiffener
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

RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER INSPAR RIB ASSY. #5 (STAB STA 129.50); STIFFENER #3 CRACK NOTED. / [01] CUT AND REMOVED DAMAGE AT RT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER RIB #5 STIFFENER#3 AND PERFORMED SURFACE ROUGNESS OF 125 MICROINCHES RA OR BETTER TOOL USED ROUGNESS BLOCK B/C172331 REF USED SRM 55-10-09-2R-4 STEP 4.B(1)FIG 202 DETAIL A-A;[02] PERFORMED HFEC AT CUT OUT AS PER NDTM PART 6; 51-00-00 PROCEDURE 23. CRACK FOUND AT STIFFENER #3 WEB AREA ADJOINING LOWER FLANGE. CRACK LENGTH : 0.400'<BR>[NORTEC 600 ; B/C 166316 ; CALIB.DUE- 10/22];[03] REMOVED DAMAGE AT RT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER RIB #5 STIFFENER #3 WEB AREA LOWER FLANGE REF USED SRM 55-10-09-2R-4 FIG 202 DETAIL A;[11] INSTALLED RIB STIFFENER REPAIR AT RT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AT #5 RIB REF USED SRM 55-10-09-2R-4 STEP 4FIG 202 DETAIL A;[12] ACCOMPLISHED RIB STIFFENER REPAIR AT RT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER REF USED SRM 55-10-09-2R-4 FIG 202;[13] VERIFIED STEP 11; 12;[14] TASK C/W;[15] TASK C/W

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