Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737824

Difficulty date
August 5, 2009
Submitted
August 6, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N73275
Make and model
Boeing 737824
Aircraft serial
31593
Aircraft time
26,712 hours, 8,137 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
182A40022
Condition
Cracked
Location
Horiz Stab
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 STAB LOWER IN SPAR SKIN CRACK STATION SS 101.90 RUNNING FWD AND AFT "1" LENGTH C SCAN. (AFT I/B OF 3RD DRAIN HOLE) PER ECRA 5510-02042. NEED TO ACCOMPLISH AN INITIAL INSPECTION PRIOR TO 17,137 FLIGHT CYCLES AND THEN REPEAT INSPECTION AT INTERVALS NOT TO EXCEED 9000 CYCLES PER PART 2 OF ECRA 5570-02042.