What was found
DURING 100 HOUR INSPECTION, TECHNICIAN FOUND LOWER ELEVATOR STOP NUTPLATE BROKEN AND FIBER LOCK PORTION OF PART SEPARATED FROM THE REST OF NUTPLATE. STOP BOLT COULD MOVE FREELY.
- Difficulty date
- September 27, 2002
- Submitted
- October 10, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N23675
- Make and model
- Cessna 172R
- Aircraft serial
- 17280651
- Engine
- Lyc IO360A1A
- System (JASC)
- 5510 · Horizontal Stabilizer Structure
- Part
- Nut Plate
- Part number
- MS210783
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Horizontal Stab
- Part time
- 2,355 hours
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.