# SDR AALA202403183669

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: March 13, 2024
- Submitted: March 18, 2024
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N902AN](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N902AN), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 737823
- Aircraft serial: 29504
- Aircraft time: 65,475 hours, 27,274 cycles
- System (JASC): [5500 · Empennage Structure](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5500)
- Part: Skin
- Part number: UNKNOWN
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: Zone 300
- Stage of operation: IN
- How discovered: V
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA202403183669

## Discrepancy

AIRCRAFT IN BASE MAINTENANCE: FOUND CRACK IN AFT LEFT HAND OF SECTION 48 JUST AFT OF BS 1138 MEASURING 2 INCHES LENGTH BY 0.063 IN WIDTH AND 0.30 IN DEPTH.   ITEM MINOR IN NATURE. PERFORMED A GENERAL VISUAL INSPECTION OF AREA, FOUND DAMAGE WITHIN LIMITS. PREFORMED RESIN SWEEP PER AARD 53-00-00 AND AARD 53-70.**(CLOSED)

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