Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737824

Difficulty date
August 28, 2015
Submitted
August 31, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N87512
Make and model
Boeing 737824
Aircraft serial
33458
Aircraft time
24,728 hours, 8,612 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
182A4001
Condition
Cracked
Location
Lt 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

FOUND DURING C SCAN OF LT LOWER SKIN OF HORIZONTAL STAB, CRACK INDICATION AT STATION 129.50, BETWEEN RIVET 9 & 10, AS MEASURED FROM AFT SPAR. CRACK LENGTH IS MEASURED 1 1/8 INCHES LONG. CRACK IS MARKED IN RED GREASE PENCIL. REPAIRED CRACK & INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER AT LT HORIZONTAL STAB LOWER SKIN, STATION 129.50 IAW SRM 55-10-01 REPAIR 11. ALL PARTIAL WORK NOTED. DIP ISSUED TO ACCOMPLISH BOTH DETAILED VISUAL & EXTERNAL LFEC INSPECTIONS, EVERY 9,000 FLIGHT CYCLES, WITH AN INSPECTION THRESHOLD OF 56,000 TOTAL COMPONENT FLIGHT CYCLES. INSPECT AT THRESHOLD OF 56,000 TOTAL COMPONENT FLIGHT CYCLES & REPEAT AT INTERVALS OF EVERY 9000 FLIGHT CYCLES THEREAFTER.