Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
July 18, 2024
Submitted
July 26, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N535AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35200
Aircraft time
48,094 hours, 13,963 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
182A400112
Part serial
NA
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 300
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

RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER LOWER SKIN HAS A CRACK INDICATION AT STAB STA. 129.5 LOCATED APPROX. 16" FROM THE AFT SPAR. FOUND. TO BE APPROX. .875" LONG. AS MARKED. GROUNDED - YES. INSTALLED DOUBLER AND INCORPORTATED 2 EXISTING DOUBLERS IN AREA I.A.W. B737-800 SRM 55-10-01-2R-11 REPAIR 11. THIS IS A CLASS "B" REPAIR WITH AN INSPECTION THRESHOLD OF 56000 TOTAL FLIGHT CYCLES AND AN INTERVAL OF 9000 FLIGHT CYCLES. INSPECTION METHOD IS DETAILED VISUAL INSPECTION ON THE EXTERNAL PART [1] DOUBLER AND LFEC INSPECTION UNDER EXTERNAL PART [1] DOUBLER AND THE SPAR CHORD UNDER THE EXTERNAL PART [1] DOUBLER PER 737-800 SRM 55-10-01-2R-11 TABLE 204