What was found
MAINTENANCE FOUND A MISSING CLIP ON THE INTERNAL RELEASE HANDLE OF THE TAILCONE. MAINTENANCE INSTALLED A CLIP.
- Difficulty date
- October 9, 2014
- Submitted
- October 21, 2014
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N972DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53215
- Aircraft time
- 62,840 hours, 46,015 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5350 · Aerodynamic Fairings
- Part
- Attach Fitting
- Condition
- Missing
- Location
- Tailcone Release
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.