What was found
DURING WALK AROUND, FOUND EVIDENCE OF POSSIBLE LIGHTNING STRIKE ON THE RT ELEVATOR OTBD T/E. INSPECTED ELEVATOR FOUND LIGHTNING DAMAGE TO OTBD T/E. REPAIRED RT ELEVATOR OTBD T/E IAW ER/A 531740-14, REV ORIGINAL.
- Difficulty date
- December 30, 2014
- Submitted
- January 1, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N911DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49542
- Aircraft time
- 69,846 hours, 54,340 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5522 · Elevator, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Rt Elevator
- 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.