- Difficulty date
- March 4, 2016
- Submitted
- March 8, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug MD1030F
- Aircraft serial
- 46802
- Aircraft time
- 90,918 hours, 29,271 cycles
- Part
- Panel
- Part number
- WMC70121
- Part serial
- FX0064
- Condition
- Gouged
- 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.
What was found
UPPER AFT RUDDER LT SIDE, FWD WRAP AROUND PANEL 378GL & RUDDER FITTING GOUGED, APPROX 1/4" DEEP. INSPECTED UPPER AFT RUDDER & ATTACH HARDWARE ON FWD RUDDER AFT SPAR & FOUND NO OTHER STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IAW MM 27-20-00-6. UPPER AFT RUDDER PANEL 378GL REPAIRED & FITTING REPLACED & INSPECTED. TRIMMED SMOOTH EDGE OF PANEL 375 DL IAW SRM 55-00-01 FIG 1A SHT 2. INSTALLED NEW AFT RUDDER BRACKET IAW AMM 20-20-01-2.