What was found
TAIL CONE EMERGENCY RELEASE UPPER LT LATCH SPADE WORN. REPLACED UPPER AND LOWER LEFT LATCH SPADE.
- Difficulty date
- October 29, 2013
- Submitted
- October 30, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N900DE
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53372
- Aircraft time
- 57,626 hours, 42,196 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5350 · Aerodynamic Fairings
- Part
- Latch
- Condition
- Worn
- Location
- Tailcone Release
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.