Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737824

Difficulty date
December 7, 2022
Submitted
December 7, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N73283
Make and model
Boeing 737824
Aircraft serial
31606
Aircraft time
59,556 hours, 21,506 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Horizontal Stab
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

LEFT HORIZONTAL STAB LOWER SKIN WAS CRACK AT HSS 184.70 CRACK 0.4. REMOVED DAMAGED CRACK AND REPAIRED AREA AT LT HORIZONTAL STAB IAW SRM 55-10-01 REP 11 TABLE 204 INSP THRESHOLD AT LOWER SKIN STA 184.70 IAW B737-800 SRM 55-10-01-2R-11, AMM 56,000. PERFORMED NDT IAW 9,000 FLT CYCLES PER STEP 5.A PART 6 51 -00-00 PROC 23 WORK ACCOMPLISHED AT AAR RFD ON HANGAR TOMC APPROVED DIP FOR LEFT HORIZONTAL STAB LOWER SKIN CRACK TOMC APPROVED DIP FOR LEFT HORIZONTAL STAB LOWER SKIN CRACK TOMC-APPROVAL FROM SC1ELBYC COMMENT REPAIRED PER SRM 55-10-01-2R-11, REF TABLE 204, REPAIR TO HAVE REPAIRED PER SRM 55-10-01-2R-11, REF TABLE 204.