- Difficulty date
- January 4, 2023
- Submitted
- January 23, 2023
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Boeing 737890
- Aircraft serial
- 36482
- Aircraft time
- 50,363 hours, 14,817 cycles
- Part
- Skin
- Part number
- 182A400116
- 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
R/H HORIZONTAL LOWER SKIN IS CRACKED AT STA 174, 24 INCHES FWD OF REAR SPAR. GROUNDED - YES. REPAIRED LOWER SKIN AT STA 174 IAW B737-800 SRM 55-10-01-2R-11 CAT B REPAIR INSPECTION THRESHOLD 56,000 FLIGHT CYCLES AT 9000 FLIGHT CYCLE INTERVALS.