What was found
MAINTENANCE FOUND A WORN TAILCONE RELEASE MECHANISM CAM ON STA Y=1510 CANTED BULKHEAD AT THE 11 O'CLCOCK POSITION. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE RELEASE MECHANISM CAM.
- Difficulty date
- February 8, 2015
- Submitted
- February 11, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N980DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53267
- Aircraft time
- 63,107 hours, 46,353 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5350 · Aerodynamic Fairings
- Part
- Mechanism
- 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.