Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
October 15, 2021
Submitted
November 2, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N525AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35692
Aircraft time
40,639 hours, 14,343 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
182A4001
Part serial
UNK
Condition
Cracked
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

2 CRACK INDICATION FOUND BETWEEN STAB STA. 129.50 TO 138.70 ON THE L/H SIDE H-STAB LOWER SKING.CRACK #1 APROX. 1.15" LONG.CRACK #2 APROX. 1.25" LONG.BOTH CRACK ENDS AND LENGHTS ARE MARKED IN RED. GROUNDED - YES. REMOVED DAMAGE AT (2) LOCATIONS ON L/H HORZ STAB LOWER SKIN STA 129.50 TO STA 138.70. PERFORMED HFEC OF DAMAGE REMOVAL AREA (2) LOCATIONS AND NO DEFECTS NOTED. FABRICATED REPAIR FILLERS & DOUBLER USING 2024-T3 .071 CLAD PO# 999519.1 AND 2024-T3 .100 CLAD PO# 1015924-1. INSTALLED REPAIR FILLERS AND DOUBLER AND FILLET SEALED AND APPLIED FINISH. ALL WORK PERFORMED IAW B737-800 SRM 55-10-01-2R-11.