What was found
DURING TAILCONE RELEASE SYS FUNCTIONAL CHECK, MAINTENANCE FOUND THE INTERIOR TAILCONE RELEASE CABLE RELEASE PIN SEIZED. MAINTENANCE R & R THE RELEASE CABLE RELEASE PIN. OPS CHECKED OK. LP1853095.
- Difficulty date
- March 7, 2015
- Submitted
- March 10, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N919DE
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53422
- Aircraft time
- 55,273 hours, 39,862 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5350 · Aerodynamic Fairings
- Part
- Pin
- Condition
- Seized
- 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.