Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 73776Q

Difficulty date
January 22, 2021
Submitted
January 28, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N997AM
Make and model
Boeing 73776Q
Aircraft serial
30283
Aircraft time
60,264 hours, 32,666 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Horizontal Stab
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
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

DURING 8A-P CHECK AT MEX STATION, IT WAS DETECTED SEVERAL CRACKS AT BOTH HORIZONTAL STABILIZERS. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL PERFORMED A REVISION, DETECTING A CRACK OF 3.5" LENGTH AT STAB STA 101.90 AND 0.5" DISTANCE FROM REAR SPAR; A CRACK OF 1.00" LENGTH AT STAB STA 101.90 AND 10.5" DISTANCE FROM REAR SPAR; A CRACK OF 0.750" LENGTH AT STAB STA 101.90 AND 19" DISTANCE FROM REAR SPAR; A CRACK OF 1.250" LENGTH AT STAB STA 135 AND 1.00" DISTANCE FROM REAR SPAR LOWER SKIN; A CRACK OF 0.750" LENGTH AT STAB STA 101.9 AND 19.5" DISTANCE FROM FRONT SPAR AT RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND LOWER SKIN AT LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. THE WO´S 7246446, 7247309, 7247325 WERE ISSUED TO PERMANENT REPAIR THE DAMAGES DETECTED. THE RIGHT AND LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZERS WERE REMOVED IAW AMM 55-10-00; THE FASTENERS WERE REMOVED IAW SRM 55-10-01, REPAIR 11, PARAGRAPH 4F(1) AND SRM 51-40-02; THE DAMAGES WERE REMOVED IAW SRM 55-10-01, PARAGRAPH 4(2), REPAIR 11; HFEC AND HFB INSPECTIONS WERE PERFORMED IAW B737 NDTM PART 6, 51-00-00, PROCEDURES 23 AND 16, WITH NO CRACKS FOUND; THE RIGHT AND LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AT STA 101.90, STA 135 AND STA 101.9 WERE REPAIRED IAW SRM 55-10-01-2R-11, FIGURE 204, DETAILS G, E AND B, ALL CORRECT.

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