Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737752

Difficulty date
January 23, 2020
Submitted
January 27, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N7834A
Make and model
Boeing 737752
Aircraft serial
33789
Aircraft time
50,039 hours, 26,228 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Horizontal 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

RIGHT LOWER HORIZONTAL STABILIZER SKIN HAD A L=.750" CRACK LOCATED 16 5/8 INCHES AFT OF FRONT SPAR AT STAB LE STA 199.23. REPAIRED THE SKIN IAW SRM 55-10-01-2R-11, REPAIR 11. THIS IS A CATEGORY B REPAIR. PERFORM A DVI AND AN EXTERNAL LOW FREQUENCY EDDY CURRENT (LFEC) INSPECTION OF THE EXTERNAL PART 1 DOUBLER AND INSPECT THE SKIN UNDER THE EXTERNAL PART 1 DOUBLER AT 56000 TOTAL FLIGHT.