# SDR CALA2026042915825

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: April 27, 2026
- Submitted: April 29, 2026
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N14249](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N14249), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 737824
- Aircraft serial: 28809
- Aircraft time: 77,272 hours, 29,906 cycles
- System (JASC): [5512 · Horizontal Stabilizer, Plate/Skin](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5512)
- Part: Skin
- Part number: 182A4001
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: Zone 300
- Stage of operation: IN
- How discovered: V
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CALA2026042915825

## Discrepancy

ONE CRACK SIGNAL NOTED AT HORIZONTAL STAB LOWER SKIN PANEL RT SIDE, HSS 138.70 INBD SIDE L=1 INCH LOCATED TO 16.400 INCH AFTER FROM FWD SPAR. INSTALLED NEW REPAIR PARTS ON LOWER SKIN PANEL IAW SRM 51-40-02-0G-0.  REMOVED PREVIOUS REPAIR PARTS AT HORIZONTAL STAB LOWER SKIN PANEL RT SIDE, HSS 138.70 I/B SIDE, REMOVED WEB TO FOM AT RT HORIZONTAL STAB L/E, TRIMMED OUT THE DAMAGE LWR SKIN PANEL,  NDT INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED, NO CRACK SIGNAL.  FABRICATED REPAIR PARTS, DOUBLER & FILLER, APPLIED CHEMICAL CONVERSION COATING TO REPAIR AND BARE SURFACES OF THE INITIAL SKIN, APPLIED PRIMER TO REPAIR AND REPAIR AREA, INSTALLED NEW REPAIR TO LOWER SKIN PANEL.

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