# SDR SWAA2026061009588

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: June 6, 2026
- Submitted: June 11, 2026
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N8512U](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8512U), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 737-8H4
- Registry model: [Boeing 737-8H4](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-8h4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 38816
- Aircraft time: 31,659 hours, 15,864 cycles
- System (JASC): [5280 · Landing Gear Doors](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5280)
- Part: Door
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: Zone 800
- 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/SWAA2026061009588

## Discrepancy

RIGHT MLG INNER DOOR GUSSET HAS POSSIBLE CRACK FWD OF AFT INNER-DOOR,  MID-DOOR HINGE.  VERIFIED 0.3IN CRACK NOT FULLY THRU REF NDT PART 6 51-00-00 PROC 23.   MACHINED WEB TO REMOVE CRACK IN RT MLG INNER DOOR IAW SRM 52-80-02-1A-2.  COMPLETED HIGH FREQ. REF. NDT PART 6 51-00-01 PROC 23. NO CRACK FOUND, NO DAMAGE NOTED. FLAP PEENED THE BLENDED SURFACES IAW SRM 51-20-06. APPLIED CHEMICAL CONVERSION COATING TO REWORKED AREA IAW SRM 51-20-01,  APPLIED TWO LAYERS OF BMS 10-11 TYPE1 PRIMER IAW SRM 51-20-01. APPLIED DECORATIVE FINISH IAW AMM 51-21-73. INSTALLED INBOARD RT MLG DOOR IAW AMM 32-13-11.

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