What was found
BROKEN LATCH ON TAILCONE MECHANISM. LATCH WAS REPLACED AND ADJUSTED IAW AMM 53-53-00-401AND 53-53-00-501.
- Difficulty date
- January 5, 2017
- Submitted
- January 9, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N920DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49644
- Aircraft time
- 74,797 hours, 56,353 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5350 · Aerodynamic Fairings
- Part
- Latch
- Condition
- Broken
- 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.