Service difficulty report · Intercostal · Boeing 737

Difficulty date
August 12, 2022
Submitted
September 7, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N8648A
Make and model
Boeing 737
Aircraft serial
42531
Aircraft time
27,511 hours, 12,724 cycles
Part
Intercostal
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

INTERCOSTAL IS CRACKED BS277+6 BL 0 WL 208 / [01] CRACK DAMAGED INTERCOSTAL 0.950 IN LENGTH NEXT TO MIDDLE FASTENER HOLE FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 53-10-51-1A-1 FIG 105.(A) PART REPAIRABLE BY REPLACEMENT IAW SRM 51-10-02-0G-0;[02] VERIFIED CORRECTIVE ACTIONS STEP 1.;[03] REMOVED CRACK DAMAGED INTERCOSTAL AT BS 277 TO BS 294.5 BL 0 WL 208 IAW SRM 51-40-02-0G-0 LOCATED AND DRILLED NEW INTERCOSTAL IAW SRM 51-40-05-0G-0 OK TO INSTALL;[04] OK TO INSTALL GIVEN.;[05] INSTALLED NEW INTERCOSTAL AT BS 277 TO BS 294.5 BL0 WL 208 IAW SRM 51-40-02-0G-0 AND BOEING DWG 141A5400;[06] VERIFIED CORRECTIVE ACTIONS STEP 5.