What was found
AIRCRAFT IN BASE MAINTENANCE: UPON REMOVAL OF VERTICAL STABILIZER FOUND ON STABILIZER AFT LOWER SPRING CRACKED AT BS 1016, BETWEEN S2L AND S2R. REPLACED SPRING PER SRM 51-40-02.
- Difficulty date
- August 1, 2023
- Submitted
- August 2, 2023
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N909AN
- Make and model
- Boeing 737823
- Aircraft serial
- 29511
- Aircraft time
- 61,736 hours, 25,380 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5530 · Vertical Stabilizer
- Part
- Spring
- Part number
- 176A3101U26
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Zone 300 - Stabs
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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