# SDR SWAA2022081231546

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: July 21, 2022
- Submitted: August 12, 2022
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N260WN](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N260WN), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 737-7H4
- Registry model: [Boeing 737-7H4](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-7h4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 32518
- Aircraft time: 52,920 hours, 31,399 cycles
- System (JASC): [5531 · Vertical Stabilizer, Spar/Rib](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5531)
- Part: Rib Doubler
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: Vert. Stab.
- Stage of operation: IN
- How discovered: 9
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/SWAA2022081231546

## Discrepancy

DORSAL FIN STRUCTURE. FWD MOST RIB ASSY (STA 867) CRACKED AT TWO LOCATIONS (DOT 25-1). / [01] REMOVED CRACKED FWD RIB ASSY AT DORSAL FIN REF B737-700 ERM 51-40-02-0G-0;[02] VERIFIED STEP 1.;[03] OK TO INSTALL NEW RIB ASSY;[04] INSTALLED NEW DORSAL FIN FWD MOST RIB ASSEMBLY REF B 737-700 SRM 51-40-02-0G-0. WORK WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY TECHNICIAN JESUS HERNANDEZ EMPL # 1709;[05] VERIFIED STEP 4.

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