Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737824

Difficulty date
April 17, 2016
Submitted
April 18, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N76515
Make and model
Boeing 737824
Aircraft serial
37096
Aircraft time
25,674 hours, 8,882 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
182A400116
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

CRACK INDICATION ON RT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER LOWER SKIN, AT STATION 101.90, AT APPROX 11.5 INCHES FROM REAR SPAR. REMOVED DAMAGE & INSTALLED EXTERNAL REPAIR DOUBLER IAW SRM 55-10-01 REPAIR 11. DIP INITIATED TO INSPECT REPAIR AT INITIAL THRESHOLD OF 56,000 TOTAL COMPONENT FLIGHT CYCLES WITH REPEAT INSPECTIONS EVERY 9,000 FLIGHT CYCLES. RE-INSPECT RT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER STATION 101.9, 11.5 INCHES FROM REAR SPAR LOWER SURFACE AT 56000 COMPONENT CYCLES THEN EVERY 9000 THEREAFTER IAW SRM 55-10-01 REPAIR 11 TABLE 204 P 218.