Service difficulty report · Clip · Doug DC932

Difficulty date
May 13, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N33506
Make and model
Doug DC932
Aircraft serial
47765
Part
Clip
Part number
52274640
Condition
Broken
Location
Tail Cone
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

THE EXTERIOR TAIL CONE RELEASE HANDLE PULLED OUT OF CLIPS AT TEN POUNDS AND 80 POUNDS WAS REQUIRED TO RELEASE TAIL CONE USING EXTERIOR HANDLE. A BROKEN CLIP ON RELEASE HANDLE WAS REPLACED, TIMING BLOCKS WERE ADJUSTED, AND TAIL CONE LATCHES WERE LUBRICATED.

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