Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
February 26, 2015
Submitted
March 2, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N556AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35175
Aircraft time
33,240 hours, 10,768 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

CRACK FOUND ON LT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER CRACK IS APPROXIMATELY 0.125 IN LONG AND IS LOCATED JUST INBD OF STAB STA 175.5 AND IS APPROXIMATELY 10 IN FWD OF REAR SPAR. ACFT GROUNDED. REPAIRED CRACKED SKIN AT LT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER LOWER SKIN AT STABILIZER STA 175.5, APPROXIMATELY 10" FWD OF REAR SPAR IAW SRM 55-10-01-2R-11. REPAIR IS CAT B AND REQUIRES A REINSPECT 56,000 FLIGHT CYCLES AFTER REPAIR IS INSTALLED. REPAIR IS AN "AT TASK ITEM" COMPLETED MIG-57 ATTACHED.