B737 FLC HORIZ STABILIZER DAMAGED BY JET THRUST; PEELED UP RAMP ASPHALT WHEN INITIATING TAXI FROM A POS HOLD ON TXWY A.

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ACR X FLT ABCD AT BOS AT XA04Z. TAXI VIA TXWY P; TXWY E HOLD SHORT RWY 22R; THEN CLRED TO CROSS RWY 22R AND TO TAXI TO GATE XY VIA TXWY A BEHIND AN ACR Y EMB145. ON RAMP; BEHIND ACR Y; CAME TO HALT WITH #2 ENG SHUT DOWN AND FLAPS RETRACTED. ON PWR UP; JETBLAST FROM OPERATING ENG PEELED UP PORTION OF RAMP WHICH STRUCK AND DAMAGED THE LEADING EDGE OF THE L HORIZ STABILIZER. NORMAL BREAKAWAY THRUST WAS USED. UPON SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF RAMP; THE CAPT WAS ABLE TO PEEL AN 8 INCH BY 8 INCH SECTION FO APRON WITH THE TOE OF HIS SHOE. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: TWR SUPVR ADVISED THAT THIS TYPE INCIDENT; THOUGH NOT UNKNOWN; IS INFREQUENTLY RPTED BY PLTS. THERE HAS BEEN NO RECENT OVERLAYING IN THE AREA REFERRED TO. THE SUPVR ADVISED THAT A SEALANT IS OFTEN USED TO SEAL DEVELOPING CRACKS; AND WITH THE RECENT HEAT; HUMIDITY AND RAIN; A PEELING CONDITION COULD BE EXPECTED OCCASIONALLY. HE HAD NOT BEEN BRIEFED BY ANY ACR OR MAINT PERSONNEL OF THIS TYPE CONDITION OR THAT ANY TXWY CONDITION PROB EXISTED.