Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
January 5, 2015
Submitted
January 12, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N587AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35684
Aircraft time
27,785 hours, 8,132 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 8" FROM SPAR LT SS 101.9. ACFT GROUNDED. REPAIRED LT HORIZONTAL LOWER SKIN IAW SRM 55-10-01-2R-11, REPAIR II, FIG 204, SHEET 2. THIS REPAIR IS A CAT-B REPAIR WHICH HAS AN INSPECTION THRESHOLD STARTING AT 56,000 FLIGHT CYCLES AFTER REPAIR INSTALLATION AND REPEAT INSPECTIONS AT 9,000 FLIGHT CYCLE INTERNALS, IAW SRM 55-10-01-2R-11, TABLE 204, FIG 206. LEFT STABILIZER STA 101.9.