Service difficulty report · None · Boeing 7377H4

Difficulty date
September 3, 2022
Submitted
September 6, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N224WN
Make and model
Boeing 7377H4
Aircraft serial
32493
Aircraft time
56,535 hours, 33,805 cycles
Part
None
Condition
Cracked
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

FOUND CRACK AT THE L/H PICKLE FORK FITTING #6 FASTENER AT S-L18A. VERIFIED WITH HFEC 737 NDT PART 6 51-00-00 PROCEDURE 23. STARTED REMOVE FASTENERS LH FRAME STA 663 IAW B737-700 SRM 51-40-02. REMOVED 663 FRAME SPLICE PLATE FWD OF FRAME, AND REMOVED I/B OF FRAME 663 SPLICE PLATE BETWEEN STR9 & STR11 IAW SRM 51-40 -02-0G-0. REMOVED LH PICKLE FORK IAW SRM 51-40-02-0G-0. ACCOMPLISHED OPEN HOLE HFEC IAW NDT P6 51-00-00 P16. ACCOMPLISHED COUNTERSINK HFEC IAW NDT P6 53-30-00 P3. NO CRACKS NOTED. FRAME SPLICE PLATES REMOVED IN STEP 3 WERE INSTALLED ON FAULT TTG8Q00EPR5W. REPLACED THE LH STA 663.75 FRAME FITTING PER EA 22-153-02729. REPLACED THE LH STA 663.75 FRAME FITTING PER EA 22-153-02729.

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