What was found
ON SHIP 945, MSP MAINTENANCE FOUND THE UPPER LT TAIL CONE RELEASE LOCK PIN GOUGED. THE LOCK PIN WAS REPLACED BY MSP MAINTENANCE.
- Difficulty date
- March 26, 2016
- Submitted
- March 28, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N945DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49818
- Aircraft time
- 69,682 hours, 52,148 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5350 · Aerodynamic Fairings
- Part
- Pin
- Condition
- Gouged
- 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.