What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: RIGHT ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL MECHANISM, AFT OUTBD SPRING IS BROKEN. REMOVED AND REPLACED RT ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL MECHANISM AFT OUTBD SPRING IAW AMM 27-31-34.
- Difficulty date
- January 26, 2020
- Submitted
- January 27, 2020
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N811NN
- Make and model
- Boeing 737823
- Aircraft serial
- 31079
- Aircraft time
- 32,093 hours, 12,958 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5523 · Elevator, Tab Structure
- Part
- Spring
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Elevator Tab
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.