Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737990

Difficulty date
August 11, 2014
Submitted
August 26, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N309AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990
Aircraft serial
30857
Aircraft time
47,445 hours, 18,326 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
182A400110
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

RT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER LOWER SKIN HAS CRACK INDICATION STA 147.90, 24' FROM FWD END. ACFT GROUNDED. REMOVED DAMAGED AREA IAW SRM 55-10-01, MAT ID DOUBLER .080 2024-T3 - FILLER 2024-T3 0.063 IAW SRM 55-10-01. LOCATED, DRILLED AND COUNTERSINK AND TRIMMED IAW SRM 55-10-01, ALODINED & PRIMED IAW SRM 51-20-01, INSTALLED DOUBLER AND FILLER IAW SRM 55-10-01. PAINTED REPAIR IAW AMM 51-21-99. REPAIR IS A CATEGORY "B" REPAIR WITH A THRESHOLD OF 56,000 CYCLES AND INTERVALS OF 9,000 CYCLES. AS GIVEN IN TABLE 204 OF SRM 55-10-01-2R-11.