# SDR AALA202303270832

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: March 19, 2023
- Submitted: March 27, 2023
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N980AN](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N980AN), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 737823
- Aircraft serial: 33203
- Aircraft time: 40,813 hours, 17,026 cycles
- System (JASC): [5510 · Horizontal Stabilizer Structure](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5510)
- Part: Rib
- Part number: 182A5304
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: Zone 300 - Stabs
- 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/AALA202303270832

## Discrepancy

AIRCRAFT IN BASE MAINTENANCE: 0.306 INCH CRACK LOCATED LEADING EDGE INSPAR RIB AT STABILIZER STA 120.30 AND STABILIZER BUTT LINE 3.0602 INTERNAL AREA AT TRANSVERSAL RIB 1. PERFORMED PERMANENT REPAIR OF CRACK LOCATED LEADING EDGE INSPAR RIB.

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