What was found
DURING TAILCONE RELEASE CHECK, FOUND DIMENSION AT LEVER TO PIN OUT OF TOLERANCE. FOUND EXCESSIVE PLAY IN AFT PAX ENTRY DOOR LOWER HINGE PLATES.
- Difficulty date
- July 7, 2015
- Submitted
- July 31, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N904DE
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53409
- Aircraft time
- 61,314 hours, 44,714 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5350 · Aerodynamic Fairings
- Part
- Pin
- Condition
- Out Of Tolerance
- 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.