What was found
RUDDER CONTROL TAB HAS FLAME SPRAY PEELED AND DAMAGED. REPLACED THE RUDDER TAB.
- Difficulty date
- December 5, 2016
- Submitted
- December 7, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N965DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49984
- Aircraft time
- 69,532 hours, 51,330 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5543 · Rudder, Tab Structure
- Part
- Tab
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Rudder
- 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.