Service difficulty report · Rib · Boeing 7378

Difficulty date
May 30, 2025
Submitted
June 2, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N8730Q
Make and model
Boeing 7378
Aircraft serial
37042
Aircraft time
13,983 hours, 6,826 cycles
Part
Rib
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 500
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
E
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

LH WING FIXED LEADING EDGE #4 RIB AT KRAS 166.32 APPROXIMATELY 10' UP FROM LOWER SKIN EDGE; HAS A FASTENER HOLE WITH AN NDT CRACK INDICATION. -MARKED- <[01]. REAMED HOLE TO 0.216 DIAMETER PER SRM 51-40-05.; [02] ACCOMPLISHED A HIGH-FREQUENCY EDDY CURRENT (HFEC) HOLE PROBE INSPECTION OF THE REAMED HOLE PER 737 NDT PART 6; 51-00-00 PROCEDURE 16. CRACK INDICATION STILL EXISTS; AT 7:00 POSITION. ; [03] DESCREPANT HOLE OVERSIZED TO .216? PER. SRM.51-40-05; AND EA#25-157-01419-WIP3. STEP 4.; [04] CERTIFIED.; [05] STARTED REMOVING FASTENERS IN SKIN COMMON TO RIB 4. SRM 51-40-02.; [06] REMOVED 4 RIVETS COMMON TO LEADING EDGE SKIN AND 6 HILLOCKS COMMON TO LOWER STIFFER CHANNEL AND AFT WEB IAW SRM 51-40-02; [07] REMOVED #4 RIB OUT OF L/H WING FIXED L/E AFTER FASTENERS PREVIOUSLY REMOVED ON STEPS #5 & #6 IAW SRM 51-40-02.

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