What was found
MAINTENANCE FOUND 4 CRACKS EMINATING FROM THE 5:00 POSITION TAILCONE ALIGNMENT PIN HOLE. A REPAIR WAS INSTALLED IAW ER/A 497316-14MA, REV ORIG.
- Difficulty date
- January 22, 2016
- Submitted
- January 25, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N903DE
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53380
- Aircraft time
- 62,467 hours, 45,477 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5350 · Aerodynamic Fairings
- Part
- Structure
- Condition
- Cracked
- 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.