What was found
CORROSION ON UPPER BUSHING AT RUDDER UPPER HINGE. UPPER BUSHING ON UPPER HINGE RUDDER WAS REPLACED PER SOPM 20-10-7.
- Difficulty date
- March 22, 2017
- Submitted
- March 23, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N912DE
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49997
- Aircraft time
- 59,781 hours, 46,595 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5544 · Rudder Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Bushing
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Ruuder
- 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.