What was found
THE TAIL CONE IS OUT OF RIG AND RELEASING TOO EARLY DURING USE OF THE EXTERNAL TAIL CONE RELEASE HANDLE. CHECKED & ADJUSTED TAILCONE RIG REF AMM 53-52-01. CHECK WITHIN LIMITS.
- Difficulty date
- January 30, 2018
- Submitted
- February 1, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N953AT
- Make and model
- Boeing 717200
- Aircraft serial
- 55015
- Aircraft time
- 48,427 hours, 33,760 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5350 · Aerodynamic Fairings
- Part
- Tail Cone
- Condition
- Out Of Rig
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- C
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.