- Difficulty date
- November 10, 2008
- Submitted
- November 13, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N809FD
- Make and model
- Airbus A310324
- Aircraft serial
- 449
- Aircraft time
- 41,219 hours, 12,840 cycles
- Part
- Fitting
- Part number
- A5517781120000
- 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 HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, OTBD FWD HOIST POINT IS CRACKED. REMOVED OUTBD FWD HOIST POINT FITTING IAW SRM 51-40-21. INSTALLED REPAIR PLUG IAW EO 6-5510-7-5001. INSTALLED FITTING IAW SRM 51-40-21. SEALED FITTING FASTENERS IAW SRM 51-74-00. INSTALLED COVER PLUG IAW EO 6-5510-7-5001.