What was found
AIRCRAFT IN BASE MAINTENANCE: CRACK IN RIGHT HAND HORIZONTAL STAB RIB, THIRD STIFFENER BACK FROM FRONT SPAR, LOCATED AT STAB STA 166.30, REPAIRED RIB IAW SRM 55-10-09-2R-4.
- Difficulty date
- January 13, 2026
- Submitted
- January 15, 2026
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N980AN
- Make and model
- Boeing 737823
- Aircraft serial
- 33203
- Aircraft time
- 48,619 hours, 20,788 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5511 · Horizontal Stabilizer, Spar/Rib
- Part
- Rib
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Zone 300 - Stabs
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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