What was found
TAILCONE SEPARATION NOTICED ON PREFLIGHT WALK AROUND. ADJUSTED TAILCONE LOCKPIN LATCH IAW AMM 53-53-00. ALL CHECK NORMAL.
- Difficulty date
- July 11, 2016
- Submitted
- July 12, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N999DN
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53371
- Aircraft time
- 64,137 hours, 46,036 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5350 · Aerodynamic Fairings
- Part
- Latch
- Condition
- Out Of Adjust
- 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.