What was found
RUSTED RUDDER YOKE BEARING (EHV). DUE TO CORROSION LEVEL 2, BEARING WAS VERIFIED AND REPLACED.
- Difficulty date
- December 17, 2017
- Submitted
- December 20, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N915DE
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53420
- Aircraft time
- 60,898 hours, 47,411 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5540 · Rudder Structure
- Part
- Bearing
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Rudder Yoke
- 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.