What was found
THE EXTERIOR TAIL CONE RELEASE HANDLE PULLED LOW AT 10 POUNDS. THE TAIL CONE CABLE TENSION WAS ADJUSTED AND THE HANDLE CLIPS WERE REPLACED.
- Difficulty date
- September 7, 2002
- Submitted
- September 10, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N71828
- Make and model
- Doug DC982
- Aircraft serial
- 49488
- Aircraft time
- 46,699 hours, 22,450 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5350 · Aerodynamic Fairings
- Part
- Control Cable
- Condition
- Out Of Adjust
- Location
- Tailcone
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- C
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.