What was found
CORROSION ON LOWER SURFACE AT RT ELEVATOR CONTROL TAB, ALSO MISSING SEALANT. LEADING EDGE AT ELEVATOR ANTI FLOAT TAB. REPLACED RT ELEVATOR CONTROL TAB.
- Difficulty date
- August 23, 2017
- Submitted
- August 24, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N922DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49646
- Aircraft time
- 76,246 hours, 57,890 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5523 · Elevator, Tab Structure
- Part
- Tab
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Rt Elevator
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.