What was found
INSP REVEALED CRACK ON LT ELEVATOR TRIM TAB ACTUATOR SUPPORT BRACKET ATTACH POINT REINFORCING ANGLE. CRACK FOUND AT UPPER LT SUPPORT BRACKET BOLT HOLE AND PROPAGATED TO RIVETS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO HOLE ON BOTH LT AND RT SIDES. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION SMALL CRACK FOUND ON ELEVATOR FRONT SPAR AT SAME BRACKET ATTACH BOLT HOLE. NEW ANGLE INSTALLED AND SPAR REPAIRED IAW APPLICABLE SRM. NOTE: EMBRAER ISSUED S.B. 110-055-0026 WHICH INTRODUCES THICKER REINFORCING ANGLES IN THIS AREA TO PREVENT THESE CRACKS FROM OCCURRING. THESE THICKER ANGLES WERE PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED BUT CRACKED REGARDLESS.