Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737824

Difficulty date
July 18, 2014
Submitted
July 21, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N27205
Make and model
Boeing 737824
Aircraft serial
30577
Aircraft time
46,047 hours, 16,236 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
182A4001
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rt 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 SKIN HAS A CRACK APPROX 1/4 INCH LONG AT STAB STATION 120.3 & 8 INCHES AFT OF LOWER SKIN DRAIN HOLE. CRACK WAS FOUND WHILE PERFORMING C SCAN. VERIFIED THE CRACK BY PERFORMING HFEC INSPECTION OF AREA. INSTALLED REPAIR IAW SRM 55-10-01 REPAIR 11 TABLE 204. ISSUE DIP TO INSPECT IAW STEP 5 INSPECTION THRESHOLD 56,000 FLIGHT DIP TO INSPECT.