Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
April 22, 2015
Submitted
May 6, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N516AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
39044
Aircraft time
24,339 hours, 7,502 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
183A010314
Part serial
002740
Condition
Gouged
Location
Bs 1217
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

RIGHT ELEVATOR OTBD LOWER SKIN SCRAPED AND DENTED. ACFT GROUNDED. REPAIR RT ELEVATOR LOWER SKIN AT STA 218.5 TO 219.5 BY SEPARATING ELEVATOR SKINS TO STA 178-16, REMOVING DAMAGED SKIN SECTION AND APPLYING CARBON REPAIR IAW SRM 55-20-01 AND 51-70-05, REASSEMBLED ELEVATOR SKINS IAW SRM 51-40-02 AND DWG 183A3010, ACCOMPLISHED ELEVATOR ASSY STATIC BALANCE IAW SRM 51-61-04, MOMENT WITHIN LIMITS, NO ADJUSTMENT REQUIRED, RECORDED NEW ELEVATOR BALANCE MOMENT IAW SRM 51-61-04-0G-0 .