What was found
CORROSION ON THE LT & RT ELEVATOR CONTROL TUBES.
- Difficulty date
- April 9, 2017
- Submitted
- April 10, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N912DE
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49997
- Aircraft time
- 59,781 hours, 46,595 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5520 · Elevator Structure
- Part
- Control Tube
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Elevator
- 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.