What was found
PAINT ON LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE OF RUDDER MISSING DOWN TO COMPOSITE LEVEL. RUDDER WAS REPLACED.
- Difficulty date
- March 22, 2018
- Submitted
- March 28, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N934DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49721
- Aircraft time
- 75,761 hours, 57,188 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5542 · Rudder, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Rudder
- 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.