Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
September 13, 2023
Submitted
September 27, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N525AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35692
Aircraft time
46,610 hours, 16,514 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
182A40014
Part serial
UNK
Condition
Cracked
Location
Unknown
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

R/H HORIZONTAL STABILIZER LOWER SKIN HAS A CRACK INDICATION LOCATED AT STAB. STA. 147.90, 8" FWD OF THE REAR SPAR. APPROX. 1.2" IN LENGTH. (AS MARKED). GROUNDED - YES. REMOVED R/H HORZ. STAB LEADING EDGE AND HORZ. STAB TIP, REMOVED EXISTING DOUBLER IAW B737-800-SRM-51-40-02, FABRICATED NEW DOUBLER, APPLIED FINISH AND REINSTALLEFD ON LEADING EDGE IAW B-737-800-SRM-55-10-01-2R-11 AND B737-800-SRM-51-40-02. REINSTALLED LEADING EDGE & TIP IAW B-737-800-AMM-27-44-21-400-801 AND B-737--800-SRM-51-40-02. THIS IS A CAT "B" REPAIR WITH 56,000 FLIGHT CYCLES THRESHOLD AND 9,000CYCLES INTERVALS