What was found
DURING HEAVY MAINTENANCE, DENTS WERE FOUND ON THE LOWER AND UPPER MIDDLE SECTION OF THE RT INBD T/E FLAP. DENTS ON THE LOWER SURFACE EXCEEDED ALLOWABLE LIMITS AND THE FLAP ASSY WAS REPLACED.
- Difficulty date
- August 15, 2013
- Submitted
- August 22, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N953DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49884
- Aircraft time
- 62,557 hours, 46,460 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5753 · Trailing Edge Flaps
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Dented
- Location
- Rt Wing Te Flap
- 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.