SDR ASAA2020082613083

Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date: August 11, 2020
Submitted: August 26, 2020
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N562AS
Make and model: Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial: 35091
Aircraft time: 51,830 hours, 15,355 cycles
System (JASC): 5512 · Horizontal Stabilizer, Plate/Skin
Part: Skin
Part number: 182A400016
Part serial: SA1C0848
Condition: Cracked
Location: Horizontal Stab
Stage of operation: IN
How discovered: 9
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

RT HORZ LOWER SKIN HAS A CRACK AT STA 138 (MARKED) A154-002. GROUNDED - YES. REPAIRED DAMAGE TO LOWER SKIN, IAW B737-800 SRM 55-10-01-2R-11 REP 11. THIS IS A CATEGORY B REPAIR, WITH AN INSPECTION THRESHOLD OF 56,000 TOTAL FLIGHT CYCLES AND AN INTERVAL OF 9,000 FLIGHT CYCLES THEREAFTER.