What was found
DENTS AND DELAMINATION ON UPPER SKIN OF THE RT ELEVATOR ANTI-FLOAT TAB. DENTS WERE FOUND TO BE IN LIMITS. DELAMINATION WAS REPAIRED IAW SRM 55-04, PAR 2, FIG 1.
- Difficulty date
- July 25, 2017
- Submitted
- July 26, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N949DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49880
- Aircraft time
- 71,698 hours, 53,527 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5523 · Elevator, Tab Structure
- Part
- Tab
- Condition
- Delaminated
- Location
- Rt Elevator
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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