Service difficulty report · Tail Cone · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
June 4, 2006
Submitted
June 7, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N955DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49886
Aircraft time
44,370 hours, 34,473 cycles
Part
Tail Cone
Condition
Deployed
Location
Tail
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.

What was found

TAIL CONE INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED. ADJ SPRING CAM RELEASE CABLE. REINSTALLED TAIL CONE PER MM 53-53-00. ADJ OF TAIL CONE RELEASE MECHANISM CAM OK PER MM.

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