What was found
DURING CHECK, MAINTENANCE FOUND THE TAILCONE CAM RELEASE MECHANISM SPLINES WERE DAMAGED. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE CAM MECHANISM AND THE OPS CHECK WAS GOOD.
- Difficulty date
- August 18, 2014
- Submitted
- August 26, 2014
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N906DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49537
- Aircraft time
- 72,118 hours, 55,429 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5350 · Aerodynamic Fairings
- Part
- Cam
- Condition
- Damaged
- 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.