Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
April 5, 2014
Submitted
April 7, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N525AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35692
Aircraft time
18,794 hours, 6,014 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
182A4001
Condition
Cracked
Location
Horizontal Stab
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

LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER LOWER SKIN CRACKED. ACFT GROUNDED. PERFORMED HFEC, AN 0.8" CRACK NOTED. SKIN REPAIRED.