Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
March 4, 2020
Submitted
April 2, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N546AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
30022
Aircraft time
54,966 hours, 18,847 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
182A400111
Condition
Cracked
Location
Lt 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

LEFT LOWER HORIZ. STAB SKIN CRACKED AT STA. 138.70 O/B ROW OF FASTENERS. GROUNDED - YES. REPAIRED IAW B737 800 SRM 55 10 01 2R 11, THIS IS A CATEGORY B REPAIR REQUIRING DETAILED VISUAL INSPECTION AND EXTERNAL LOW FREQUENCY EDDY CURRENT INSPECTION EVERY 9,000 FLT. CYCLES WITH AN INSPECTION THRESHOLD EVERY 56,000 TOTAL FLT. CYCLES TOTAL CYCLES AT TIME OF REPAIR IS 18847.