Service difficulty report · Stabilizer · Boeing 717200

Difficulty date
August 8, 2024
Submitted
August 9, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N717JL
Make and model
Boeing 717200
Aircraft serial
55042
Aircraft time
56,878 hours, 39,541 cycles
Part
Stabilizer
Condition
Distorted
Location
Vertical Stabili
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
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

THE COUNTERSINK OF THE FASTENERS HOLES OF THE VERTICAL STABILIZER LEADING EDGE WERE NOTED WORN ALL AROUND EDGES BETWEEN ZFS 52.267 TO 153.938. SUMMARY OF NRC 00748: THE LEADING EDGE OF THE VERTICAL STABILIZER IS OUT OF LIMITS, AS REPAIRABLE HOLE LIMITS PER B717-200 SRM 55-30-01 REPAIR 6 AND 7 ARE EXCEEDED, THEREFORE VERTICAL STABILIZER LEADING EDGE IS REPLACED PER NRC 00775. (LP #0491654)

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