Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737924ER

Difficulty date
August 15, 2019
Submitted
August 21, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N77430
Make and model
Boeing 737924ER
Aircraft serial
37098
Aircraft time
36,040 hours, 12,374 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Horizontal Stab
Part time
36,040 hours, 12,374 cycles
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

R/H LOWER HORIZONTAL STAB AT STAB STA 120, 27 INCHES AFT OF L/E, SKIN IS CRACKED I/B OF DRAIN HOLES BETWEEN RIVETS. (PREVIOUS REPAIR ON LP 9626841 INCORPORATED) REF FLEETCYCE N/R 9683233 ACCOMPLISHED REPAR PER SRM 55-10-01 REPAIR 11 TABLE 204 THREASHOLD 56,000 FC, REPEAT INSPECTION @ 9,000FC. WORK ACCOMPLISHED ON FLEETCYCLE N/R 9683233 CORRECTION: PREVIOUS REPAIR ON LP 9626841 INCORPORATED ON NEW BIGGER DOUBLER ON LP 3016251. NEW DOUBLER INSTALLED AT STAB STA 119 TO 144 10 TO 32 INCH AFT OF FRONT SPAR. AND AN EXTERNAL LOW FREQUENCY EDDY CURRENT OF THE SKIN AND SPAR CHORD FROM THE EXTERNAL SIDE OF DOUBLE PER SRM 55-10-01 RPR 11PAR 5 AT 56,000 TOTAL CYCLES AND EVERY 9000 CYCLES THEREAFTER PERFORM A DETAILED VISUAL INSPECTION OF EXTERNAL SIDE OF