Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737

Difficulty date
March 30, 2022
Submitted
April 20, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N303AS
Make and model
Boeing 737
Aircraft serial
30016
Aircraft time
68,950 hours, 27,652 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
186A201124
Part serial
00675
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

CRACK FOUND IN THE R/H H-STAB LOWER SKIN BETWEEN STAB. STA. 92.70 - 101.90.CRACK IS APROX 1.46" LONG. ENDS OF CRACK MARKED. GROUNDED - YES. REMOVED DAMAGE FROM R/H HORIZONTAL LOWER SKIN STA 92.70 - 101.90. PERFORMED HFEC OF DAMAGE CUTOUT,NO DEFECTS NOTED. FABRICATED REPAIR PARTS USING 2024-T3.071" CLAD PO#991871.1 AND 2024-T3 .100" CLAD PO#1015924.1. FABRICATED, LOCATED & DRILLED AND TREATED ALL REPAIR PARTS AND INSTALLED. ALL WORK PERFORMED IAW B737-900 SRM 55-10-01-2R-11 REPAIR 11. RH HORIZONTAL LE REMOVED AND INSTALLED PER ASA B737-900 AMM 27-41-21. THIS IS A CAT B REPAIR WITH A 56,000 CYCLE THRESHOLD.