What was found
ON WALKAROUND FOUND PAIN MISSING AND CRACKED ON UPPER RIGHT SIDE OF RUDDER. PAINT MISSING AND CRACKED ON UPPER RIGHT SIDE OF RUDDER WAS REPAIRED PER ERA-092613-14MA REV A STEPS 1-3.
- Difficulty date
- April 17, 2017
- Submitted
- October 25, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N970DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53173
- Aircraft time
- 72,017 hours, 53,135 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5542 · Rudder, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Paint
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Rudder
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.