SDR MALA040664

Service difficulty report · Tail Cone · Bac AVRO146RJ85A

Difficulty date
October 29, 2004
Submitted
November 11, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N533XJ
Make and model
Bac AVRO146RJ85A
Aircraft serial
E2367
Aircraft time
9,659 hours, 9,463 cycles
Part
Tail Cone
Condition
Detached
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
D
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

GROUND CREW FOUND TAILCONE ON GROUND AFTER PUSHBACK. BY THE TIME GROUND CREW FOUND CONE AND NOTIFIED DISPATCH AND MAINTENANCE CONTROL, A/C HAD DEPARTED DSM. MAINTENANCE CONTROL AND DISPATCH NOTIFIED CREW TO RETURN TO DSM. WHEN A/C RETURNEDTO DSM, FOUND TAILCONE CAME FROM NR 2 ENGINE. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND REINSTALLED ORGINAL TAIL CONE. FOUND DENT AT 3:00 POSITION DIMENSIONS 1.10 INCHES WIDE, .55 INCHES LONG, .027 INCHES DEEP. PERFORMED VISUAL INSPECTION 51-10-02-1, & FIG 51-10-21. DENT IS ALLOWABLE DAMAGE. NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED.