Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
November 13, 2014
Submitted
December 5, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N548AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
30020
Aircraft time
35,856 hours, 11,561 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
182A4001
Condition
Cracked
Location
Horizontal Stab
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
E
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

LT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER LOWER SKIN HAS CRACK INDICATION AT STA 101.90 APPROXIMATELY 9' FROM AFT SPAR MARKED IN RED. ACFT GROUNDED. REPAIRED CRACKED SKIN WITH REPAIR DOUBLER IAW B737-800 SRM 55-10-01-2R-11 REPAIR 11. ALL WORK WAS ACCOMPLISHED ON NR G372253 THIS IS A CATEGORY B REPAIR WITH AN INSPECTION THRESHOLD OF 56,000 CYCLES.