# SDR SWAA2025112832413

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: November 6, 2025
- Submitted: November 28, 2025
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N944WN](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N944WN), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 737-7H4
- Registry model: [Boeing 737-7H4](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-7h4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 36659
- Aircraft time: 50,834 hours, 31,078 cycles
- System (JASC): [5532 · Vertical Stabilizer, Plate/Skin](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5532)
- Part: Access Panel
- 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/SWAA2025112832413

## Discrepancy

CRACK ACCESS PANEL 321A ON RIB 8 VERTICAL STABILIZER.  REPLACED RIB 8 LOCATED ON PANEL 321A.IAW SRM 51-40-02 SRM 51-10-02 ITEM 9 AND DWG 174A0103 SHEET 1 REV:- MEASURE OF CRACK IS:L=0.133.

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