What was found
CORROSION ON LOWER BAR AND LINK OF THE LT FLAP FLEX JOINT. THE LOWER BAR WAS REWORKED AND REPAIRED IAW ER/A.
- Difficulty date
- January 31, 2015
- Submitted
- November 10, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N979DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53266
- Aircraft time
- 67,484 hours, 49,320 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5753 · Trailing Edge Flaps
- Part
- Bar
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Te Flaps
- 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.