Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737824

Difficulty date
July 11, 2015
Submitted
July 14, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N33294
Make and model
Boeing 737824
Aircraft serial
34000
Aircraft time
33,573 hours, 11,628 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 IN SPAR SKIN HAS A CRACK AT STB STATION 156 .5, AFT OF FRONT SPAR 31. REMOVED DAMAGED AREA & REPAIRED IAW SRM 55-10-01 REPAIR 11 TABLE 204. DIP INITIATED TO PERFORM DVI & LFEC AT THE INSPECTION THRESHOLD OF 56,000 FLIGHT CYCLES & R & R EVERY 9,000 FLIGHT CYCLES THERE AFTER IAW SRM 55-10-01 TABLE 204 REPAIR 11 PAGE 218.