Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
March 15, 2019
Submitted
April 3, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N577AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35186
Aircraft time
45,525 hours, 13,585 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
182A40021
Part serial
SAIC0947
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

L/H HORIZ LWR SKIN HAS A CRACK STA 129 APPROX 20 IN. FWD OF REAR SPAR. GROUNDED - YES. REPAIRED DAMAGE TO LWR SKIN IAW B737 800 SRM 55 10 01 2R 11 REPAIR 11. THIS IS A CATEGORY B REPAIR WITH AN INSPECTION THRESHOLD OF 56,000 TOTAL FLT. CYCLES AND 9,000 FLT. CYCLE INTERVAL.