What was found
TAILCONE UPPER RT LATCH BRACKET LOWER L BRACKET IS CRACKED. REMOVED, FABRICATED, DRILLED, TREATED, PRIMED, AND INSTALLED A NEW BRACKET IAW SRM 51-10-02.
- Difficulty date
- December 21, 2016
- Submitted
- December 22, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N980DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53267
- Aircraft time
- 67,667 hours, 49,604 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5350 · Aerodynamic Fairings
- Part
- Bracket
- 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.