What was found
THE CLIP TENSION AT TAIL CONE RELEASE EXTERIOR HANDLE WAS TOO LOW. A NEW HANDLE RETAINING CLIP WAS INSTALLED AND ADJUSTED IAW MM 53-53-00, PAGE 519.
- Difficulty date
- June 28, 1999
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N477AC
- Make and model
- Doug DC982
- Aircraft serial
- 48062
- System (JASC)
- 5350 · Aerodynamic Fairings
- Part
- Clip
- Condition
- Out Of Adjust
- 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.