What was found
DURING INSPECTION, FOUND ONE ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL MECHANISM BELLCRANK ASSEMBLY SPRING BROKEN AT ONE END AND WRAPPED AROUND SUPPORT BRACKET, FWD OF MAIN PIVOT POINT.
- Difficulty date
- January 8, 2018
- Submitted
- January 8, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N24202
- Make and model
- Boeing 737824
- Aircraft serial
- 30429
- Aircraft time
- 58,357 hours, 20,641 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5520 · Elevator Structure
- Part
- Spring
- Part number
- 251A24391
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Lt Elevator
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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