What was found
DURING CHECK, MAINTENANCE FOUND THE TAILCONE RELEASE MECHANISM TO BE DAMAGED. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE RELEASE MECHANISM FITTING AND CRANK ASSY.
- Difficulty date
- December 7, 2014
- Submitted
- December 10, 2014
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N973DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53241
- Aircraft time
- 63,114 hours, 46,612 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5350 · Aerodynamic Fairings
- Part
- Release Mech
- Condition
- Damaged
- 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.