What was found
DURING CHECK, MAINTENANCE FOUND THE EXTERIOR HANDLE RETAINING CLIPS TENSION WEAK FOR THE TAILCONE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE HANDLE RETAINING CLIPS.
- Difficulty date
- May 17, 2015
- Submitted
- May 22, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N912DE
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49997
- Aircraft time
- 55,394 hours, 43,363 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5310 · Fuselage Main, Structure
- Part
- Retainer
- Condition
- Weak
- Location
- Pax Door Handle
- 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.