# SDR AALA20121101010

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: November 1, 2012
- Submitted: November 2, 2012
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N955AN](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N955AN), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 737823
- Aircraft serial: 29540
- Aircraft time: 35,901 hours, 15,017 cycles
- System (JASC): [5511 · Horizontal Stabilizer, Spar/Rib](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5511)
- Part: Rib
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: Horiz Stab
- 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/AALA20121101010

## Discrepancy

LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, WHILE REMOVING RIVETS, LOWER, FORWARD AND OUTBOARD CORNER OF RIB 10 (WHERE RIB OVERLAPS LOWER ANGLE OF FRONT SPAR) CRACKED.  INSTALLED REPAIR STRAP PER THE EA B737-55-026751.

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