# SDR AALA202601158126

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: January 13, 2026
- Submitted: January 15, 2026
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N980AN](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N980AN), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 737823
- Aircraft serial: 33203
- Aircraft time: 48,619 hours, 20,788 cycles
- System (JASC): [5511 · Horizontal Stabilizer, Spar/Rib](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5511)
- Part: Rib
- 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/AALA202601158126

## Discrepancy

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.

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