What was found
AT PUSHBACK GOT TAIL CONE UNSAFE MESSAGE WITH ASSOCIATED TAILCONE SEPARATED FROM A/C AND LYING ON GROUND BEHIND THE ACA. INSTALLED NEW TAILCONE PER M/M AND REMOVED AND INSTALLED NEW SLIDE PACK.
- Difficulty date
- June 14, 2002
- Submitted
- June 21, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N976DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53257
- Aircraft time
- 31,332 hours, 24,674 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5350 · Aerodynamic Fairings
- Part
- Tail Cone
- Condition
- Departed
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.