# SDR 98ZZZX2612

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: June 25, 1998
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N2350E](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2350E), registered now
- Make and model: Cessna 172N
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 17271246
- System (JASC): [5511 · Horizontal Stabilizer, Spar/Rib](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5511)
- Part: Spar
- Part number: 053200197
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: Horiz Stab Front
- Part time: 6,909 hours
- Stage of operation: IN
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98ZZZX2612

## Discrepancy

AT 100-HOUR INSPECTION, A CRACK APPROXIMATELY 1.25 INCHES LONG WAS FOUND AT LOCATION DESCRIBED IN 6.C.  THE SPAR REINFORCEMENT, PN 0532001-97, HAD A CORRESPONDING CRACK.  POSSIBLE CAUSE MIGHT BE GROUND HANDLING PROCEDURE.  PULLING DOWN OR SITTING ON STABILIZER TO TURN THE AIRCRAFT.

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