What was found
TAILCONE UNSAFE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. EMERGENCY DECLARED. RECONNECTED RETAINING BALL ON CABLE & RETURNED EXTERNAL HANDLE TO STOWED POSITION.
- Difficulty date
- August 10, 2017
- Submitted
- August 11, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N421NV
- Make and model
- Doug DC983
- Aircraft serial
- 53275
- Aircraft time
- 46,335 hours, 39,126 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5350 · Aerodynamic Fairings
- Part
- Retainer
- Condition
- Disconnected
- Location
- Tailcone Cable
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- J
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.