What was found
DURING SCHEDULED CHECK OF THE TAILCONE DEPLOYMENT, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE FORCE REQUIRED TO PULL THE INTERNAL RELEASE HANDLE EXCEEDED TEST LIMITS. COMPLIED WITH REPAIR ON NON-ROUTINE WC OF WO 9554 07/31/15.
- Difficulty date
- August 1, 2015
- Submitted
- August 3, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N894AT
- Make and model
- Boeing 717200
- Aircraft serial
- 55046
- Aircraft time
- 30,858 hours, 20,774 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5350 · Aerodynamic Fairings
- Part
- Handle
- Condition
- Stiff
- 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.