- Difficulty date
- March 30, 2009
- Submitted
- March 30, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N813FD
- Make and model
- Airbus A310324
- Aircraft serial
- 500
- Aircraft time
- 43,113 hours, 18,640 cycles
- Part
- Rib
- Part number
- A5517871500900
- Part serial
- NSN
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Horizontal Stab
- 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.
What was found
LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER LEADING EDGE 341 AB CENTER RIB IS CRACKED. REMOVED FASTENERS IAW A310 ARM 51-40-21. STOP DRILED CRACK IAW SRM 55-12-19. FABRICATED REPAIR ANGLE IAW SRM 51-71-40 & SRM 51-71-40. INSTALLED REPAIR ANGLE IAW SRM 51-71-40.