What was found
BRACKET HINGE, WEAR ON INTERNAL SKIN, ALSO BENT AILERON, OTBD HINGE DOOR NR 3 AT LT WING, LOWER SURFACE. DOOR ASSY WAS REPLACED IAW SRM 51-30-2.
- Difficulty date
- February 16, 2015
- Submitted
- February 18, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N971DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53214
- Aircraft time
- 62,201 hours, 45,832 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5751 · Ailerons
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Aileron
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.