What was found
DURING CHECK, MAINTENANCE FOUND THE TAILCONE UPPER LT ATTACH LATCH LOCK WAS BROKEN. MAINTENANCE R & R THE LATCH AND A FUNCTIONAL TEST WAS PERFORMED.
- Difficulty date
- August 22, 2014
- Submitted
- August 26, 2014
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N975DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53243
- Aircraft time
- 62,180 hours, 46,042 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5350 · Aerodynamic Fairings
- Part
- Lock
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Tailcone
- 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.