Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
August 21, 2019
Submitted
September 11, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N526AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35196
Aircraft time
37,355 hours, 12,876 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
182A400112
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rt Horiz 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 INBOARD OF RT STAB STA 175.50, LOWER SKIN, 10" FORWARD OF REARSPAR APPROX 1" IN LENGTH. MARKED. GROUNDED - YES. REMOVED LOWER SKIN AT CRACK LOCATION ON THE RIGHT HAND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AT STAB STA 175.50, 10" FORWARD OF THE REAR SPAR IAW SRM 51-10-02. ACCOMPLISHED HFEC INSPECTION OF CUTOUT IAW NDTM 51-00-00 PART 6 PROCEDURE 4 AND 23, NO CRACK INDICATIONS. FABRICATED A FILLER AND DOUBLER, LOCATED, DRILLED, DEBURRED, COUNTERSANK AND CHAMFERED IAW SRM55-10-01-2R-11 REPAIR 11. INSTALLED REPAIR PARTS, WHICH IS A CATEGORY "B" REPAIR WITH AN INSPECTION THRESHOLD OF 56,000 TOTAL FLIGHT CYCLES, APPLIED DECORATIVE EXTERIOR FINISH IAW SRM 55-10-01-2R-11 REPAIR 11 AND AMM 51-21-73.