What was found
FREE PLAY, CORROSION AND SCRATCHES ON ANTI-FLOAT TAB, GEARED TAB ATTACH POINTS AT RT ELEVATOR. HARDWARE ATTACH PAINT AN ANTI-FLOAT TAB AND GEARED TAB RT ELEVATOR WAS R & R NEW HARDWARE IAW CMM 20-27-1 AND FREEPLAY WAS CORRECTED.
- Difficulty date
- March 23, 2015
- Submitted
- March 24, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N966DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53115
- Aircraft time
- 63,004 hours, 46,886 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5523 · Elevator, Tab Structure
- Part
- Tab
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Rt Elevator
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.