Service difficulty report · Tab · Doug DC987

Difficulty date
October 4, 2004
Submitted
October 6, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N216AM
Make and model
Doug DC987
Aircraft serial
49586
Aircraft time
34,372 hours, 28,029 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Part
Tab
Condition
Lightning Strike
Location
Rt Elevator
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING TRANSIT CHECK, CAPTAIN REPORTED LIGHTNING STRIKE. THE FOLLOWING NON ROUTINE CARDS WERE GENERATED AND ATTENDED TO CORRECT DAMAGES. RT ELEVATOR GEAR TAB T/E IN 5 SMALL POINTS. RT ELEVATOR ANTI-FLOAT TAB T/E. TWO FASTENERS MELTED FUSELAGE SKIN IN JOINT WITH TAIL CONE LOCATED AT 5:30 HOURS POSITION AND MISSING MATERIAL IN FUSELAGE SKIN EDGE AT SAME PLACE. FASTENERS WERE REPLACED AND FUSELAGE SKIN WAS REPAIRED, ALL CORRECT. MISSING MATERIAL IN 4 INCHES OF DIAMETER IN TAIL CONE SURFACE LOCATED AT 5 HOURS POSITION IN RT SIDE. DAMAGED PAINT WAS REMOVED AND NO DAMAGES WERE DETECTED, AFFECTED AREA WAS REPAINTED. LT ELEVATOR CONTROL TAB T/E. NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGES WERE DETECTED.

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