SDR 9508779916

Service difficulty report · Release Mech · Doug DC932

Difficulty date
May 26, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N949N
Make and model
Doug DC932
Aircraft serial
47566
Part
Release Mech
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Location
Tailcone
Stage of operation
IN
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

DURING PERIODIC CHECK, FOUND THAT EXCESSIVE FORCE WAS REQUIRED TO PULL THE EXTERIOR HANDLE FROM THE CLIPS AND THAT THE UPPER LEFT AND RIGHT LATCHES WOULD NOT RELEASE THE TAILCONE. ALSO, FOUND THAT EXCESSIVE FORCE WAS REQUIRED TO RELEASE THE TAILCONE USING THE INTERIOR HANDLE. ADJUSTED THE CLIPS AND RE-RIGGED THE TAILCONE, CHECKED OK.

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