Service difficulty report · Warning Light · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
January 1, 2013
Submitted
January 2, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N912DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49543
Aircraft time
66,161 hours, 51,411 cycles
Part
Warning Light
Condition
False Activation
Location
Tail Cone
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
B, A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AFTER LEVEL OFF IN CRUISE, "TAILCONE UNSAFE" WARNING ILLUMINATED. QHR PROCEDURES WERE COMPLIED WITH BUT HAD NO IMMEDIATE EFFECT. FLIGHT DESCENDED AND THE LIGHT REMAINED EXTINGUISHED. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED TAILCONE, HANDLE CABLE, AND SWITCH AND ALL WAS FOUND TO BE NORMAL WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED.

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