Service difficulty report · Stringer · Boeing 7377H4

Difficulty date
June 23, 2022
Submitted
July 29, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N428WN
Make and model
Boeing 7377H4
Aircraft serial
29844
Aircraft time
66,134 hours, 39,057 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

FORWARD PASSENGER COMPARTMENT STR. 15R CRACKED AT FASTENER HOLE B.S.460+16. (51-002) / [01] REMOVED FASTENER FOR ACCESS NDT REF B-737-700 SRM 51-40-02-0G-0;[19] FABRICATED SPLICED AND SHIMS BOTH SIDE AT FWD PASSENGER COMP STR 15 R AFT STA 460+16 'IAW B737 SRM 53-00-03-2R-1.;[23] STARTED DRILLING NEW STRINGER SECTION ( STRG 15R - AFT SECTION ) STA 460 +16 AS PER B737-700 SRM 53-00-03-2R-1;[24] PERFORMED HARDNESS TEST POST AGING PER BAC 5946; HARDNESS NEEDED 86.5 TO 91.5; HARDNESS IS 87; HARDNESS TEST PASSED. TOOL USED ROCKWELL HARDNESS TESTER; B/C 173831; CAL DUE 05/23;[25] LATE ENTRY : PERFORMED HEAT TREATMENT PROCESS ON NEW STRINGER SECTION (15 RT -AFT ) AS PER BAC5602.;[26] LATE ENTRY: VERIFIED STEPS 18; 19; 23 & 25.;[27] COMPLETED FABRICATION OF REPAIR PARTS (SHIMS; SPLICE AND STRINGER) AS PER SRM 53-00-03-2R-1.;[28] VERIFIED 27<BR>OK TO TREAT AND PRIME;[29] TREATED AND PRIMED REPAIR PARTS AS PER SRM 51-20-01-0G-0.;[30] VERIFIED 29;[31] OK TO INSTALL FABRICATED PARTS;[32] MIXED SEALANT 0870C020BM654SKN40 AT 8:00 AM 7-14-2022 SQUEEZE OUT TIME 4:00 AM 7-15-22.;[33] INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS AS PER SRM 53-00-03-2R-1 FIGURE 205 AND 51-40-02-0G-0.;[34] RE-INSTALLED CLIP AT STA 460+16 S-15R REF B-737-700 SRM 51-40-02-0G-0.;

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