What was found
MAINTENANCE FOUND TAILCONE UPPER LATCH SUPPORT FITTING SHEARED OFF. THE TAILCONE WAS REPLACED.
- Difficulty date
- December 30, 2015
- Submitted
- December 31, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N943DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49816
- Aircraft time
- 69,180 hours, 51,517 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5350 · Aerodynamic Fairings
- Part
- Support Fitting
- Condition
- Sheared
- Location
- Tailcone
- 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.