Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737990

Difficulty date
May 15, 2013
Submitted
October 3, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N315AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990
Aircraft serial
30019
Aircraft time
43,718 hours, 16,833 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 6 Slat
Component
Slat · Boeing
Component part number
114A50304
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

NR 6 SLAT LOWER SURFACE AT ACTUATOR ATTACH POINT HAS A CRACK COMING FROM A FASTENER. ACFT GROUNDED. REPAIRED DAMAGE TO NR 6 SLAT IAW SRM 57-42-01-2R-8, REPAIR 8 NOTIFIED, SEAM C.