- Difficulty date
- February 8, 2015
- Submitted
- February 23, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N317AS
- Make and model
- Boeing 737990
- Aircraft serial
- 30856
- Aircraft time
- 43,011 hours, 16,478 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
RT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER LOWER SURFACE HAS A CRACK AT STABILIZER STA 147.9 8.5" AFT OF FRONT SPAR APPROX .5" IN LENGTH. DOT APPLIED. ACFT GROUNDED. REPAIRED IAW SRM 55-10-01-2R-11, INSPECTION THRESHOLD 56,000 FLIGHT CYCLES AFTER REPAIR INSTALLATION, METHOD: DETAIL VISUAL INSPECTION AND EXTERNAL LOW FREQUNECY EDDY CURRENT INSPECTION INTERVAL: 9,000 FLT CYCLES.