# SDR AALA202401036293

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: December 19, 2023
- Submitted: January 3, 2024
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N659AW](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N659AW), registered now
- Make and model: Airbus A320-232
- Registry model: [Airbus A320-232](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a320-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 1166
- Aircraft time: 77,852 hours, 31,883 cycles
- System (JASC): [5514 · Horizontal Stabilizer Miscellaneous Structure](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5514)
- Part: Support Fitting
- Part number: D5598160100300
- 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/AALA202401036293

## Discrepancy

AIRCRAFT IN BASE MAINTENANCE: RIGHT HAND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER #6 HINGE ARM SUPPORT FITTING CRACKED AT STABILZER STATION 5862 AND RIB 13. REPLACED RIGHT HAND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER #6 HINGE ARM SUPPORT FITTING PER SRM 51-42-11.

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