Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 7377H4

Difficulty date
March 27, 2023
Submitted
March 31, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N400WN
Make and model
Boeing 7377H4
Aircraft serial
27891
Aircraft time
71,300 hours, 42,217 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zn 500 Left Wing
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

LEFT WING LOWER SKIN HAS A POSSIBLE CRACK AT FASTENER HOLE LOCATED O/B SIDE OF PYLON FAIRING & COMMON TO RUBSTRIP AT RIB 7, STR 10. INDICATION WAS SEEN WHILE PERFORMING NDT MANUAL PART 4 57-10-15. POSSIBLE CRACK HAD AN INDICATION OF APPROX. 45% FSH & WAS TO IMMEDIATE RT OF FASTENER HOLE. REMOVED FASTENER FOR HOLE PROBE, REWORKED RIVET HOLE BY REAMING TO 0.406 IAW SRM 51-40-02. COUNTERSINK REQUIRES REWORK. PERFORMED OPEN HOLE NDT INSP OF HOLE IAW NDT MANUAL PART 6 51-00-00 PROC. 16. INSP WAS INCONCLUSIVE DUE TO HOLE HAVING DAMAGE & MISSING MATERIAL INSIDE & COUNTERSINK. VISUALLY INSP OPEN HOLE AFTER REWORK. FOUND DAMAGE STILL REMAINING IN HOLE & COUNTERSINK AREA. REPAIR COMPLETED PER EA 23-157-01039.

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