What was found
TAIL CONE LATCH AT 4 O'CLOCK POSITION MISSING HARDWARE AND LOOSE. INSTALLED MISSING HARDWARE AND TIGHTENED, OK FOR SERVICE.
- Difficulty date
- January 14, 2017
- Submitted
- January 17, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N908DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49539
- Aircraft time
- 77,461 hours, 59,471 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5350 · Aerodynamic Fairings
- Part
- Latch
- Condition
- Damaged
- 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.