Service difficulty report · Stringer · Boeing 7377H4

Difficulty date
June 16, 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
Stringer
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
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

FWD CABIN WET AREA L/H SIDE WALL S-15L CRACKED AT F.S 294.5 MKD DOT / [01] REMOVED EXISTING FASTENERS COMMON TO REPAIR AREA AT FWD CABIN WET AREA STRINGER S-15L; STA 294.5 AS PER B737-700 SRM 51-40-02-0G-0.;[02] VERIFIED 1.;[03] PERFORMED ROTO INSP ON EXISTING HOLES IAW B737 NDT P6 51-00-00 PROC.16; NO CRACKS<BR>TOOL USED : NORTEC 600 B/C 166317 CALDUE: 10/22;[04] PERFORMED COUNTERSINK INSP ON EXISTING COUNTERSUNK HOLES IAW B737 NDT P6 51-00-00 PROC.16; NO CRACKS<BR>TOOL USED : NORTEC 600 B/C 166317 CALDUE: 10/22;[05] ACCOMPLISHED A DVI OF INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL AREAS ADJACENT TO THE CRACK. NO OTHER DEFECTS NOTED 737-700 SRM 51-00-06-0G-0.;[06] CUT DAMAGED SECTION OF STRINGER 15L FROM STA 289 TO STA 300 AS PER B737 700 SRM 53-00-03-2R-1; FIGURE 206; EA 22-153-01879-WIP2;[07] ADDITION INTO REF ON STEP #6 EA22-153-01879-WIP2 FIGURE 2-1 .;[08] VERIFIED 6-7.;[09] PERFORMED HFEC AT CUT OUT AS PER NDTM PART 6; 51-00-00 PROCEDURE 23. NO CRACKS<BR>[NORTEC 600 ; B/C 166316 ; CALIB.DUE- 10/22];[10] FABRICATED; LOCATED AND DRILLED REPAIR PART AS PER B-737-700 SRM.53-00-03-2R-1 FIGURE 206; EA22-153-01879-WIP2;15] INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS AT S-15 L STA 294.5 REF BB-737-700 SRM.53-00-03-2R-1 FIGURE 206; EA22-153-01879-WIP2.;

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