Service difficulty report · Attach Angle · Boeing 737490

Difficulty date
May 25, 2014
Submitted
June 25, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N788AS
Make and model
Boeing 737490
Aircraft serial
28885
Aircraft time
54,074 hours, 30,325 cycles
Part
Attach Angle
Condition
Broken
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

RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER UPPER FWD ATTACH ANGLE BROKEN AT 9219 ACCESS PANEL. ACFT GROUNDED. REPAIRED RT HORZIZONTAL STABILIZER INBD UPPER ATTACH ANGLE IAW EA CMPT-55EA-12914. THIS IS A CATERGORY B REPAIR WITH FIRST AND SECOND STAGE APPROVAL. THIRD STAGE APPROVAL IS REQUIRED BEFORE 66,000 FLIGHT CYCLES AIR FRAME AGE. A TASK NOTIFICATION SENT. CURRENT CYCLES ON ACFT AT TIME OF REPAIR IS 3,325.