Service difficulty report · Intercostal · Boeing 7377H4

Difficulty date
October 3, 2022
Submitted
November 1, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N210WN
Make and model
Boeing 7377H4
Aircraft serial
34162
Aircraft time
59,036 hours, 35,216 cycles
Part
Intercostal
Part number
141A5410U141
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zn 900 Lav/Galle
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 INTERCOSTAL BETWEEN STA 328 AND 344 LBL 46 WL 208.1 IS CRACKED. 124-002 / [01] PERFORMED HFEC INSPECTION PER B737 NDT PART 6 51-00-00 PROCEDURE 23; VERIFIED CRACK. CRACK LENGTH 0.750'. TOOL USED OLYMPUS NORTEC 600 B/C 172389; CAL DUE DATE 03/23.;[02] INSTALLED EWIS PROTECTION AT FLOOR STRUCTURE BETWEEWN STA328 TO STA 344 AND BETWEEN LBL 60 TO LBL30 AS PER B737-7 AMM 20-60-07-913-801.;[03] REMOVED INTERCOSTAL BETWEEN STA328 TO STA 344 AND LBL 46 AS PER B737-7 SRM 51-40-02-0G-0.;[04] LOCATED AND OPENED NEW FASTENER HOLES AT NEW INTERCOSTAL AS PER B 737-7 SRM 51-40-02-0G-0.;[05] VERIFIED STEPS 2 AND 3 - INSTALLED EWIS PROTECTION AND REMOVED INTERCOSTAL BETWEEN STA328 TO STA 344 AND LBL 46;[06] VERIFIED STEP 4 - LOCATED AND OPENED NEW FASTENER HOLES AT NEW INTERCOSTAL;[07] OK TO INSTALL NEW INTERCOSTAL;[08] I9NSTALLED NEW INTERCOSTAL BETWEEN STA 328 TO STA 344 AND LBL 46 AS PER B737-7 SRM 51-40-02-0G-0.;[09] REMOVED EWIS PROTECTION BETWEEN STA 328 TO STA 344 AND BETWEEN LBL60 TO LBL 30 AS PER B737-7 AMM 20 -60-07-913-801;[10] VERIFIED STEPS 8 AND 9 - REMOVED EWIS PROTECTION AND INSTALLED NEW INTERCOSTAL BETWEEN STA 328 TO STA 344 AND LBL 46.

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