What was found
A 1EA TAIL CONE RELEASE MECHANISM TENSION SPRING MISSING. INSTALLED 1EA TAIL CONE MECHANISM TENSION SPRING PER EA 17-53-01195IR.
- Difficulty date
- August 23, 2008
- Submitted
- August 28, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N989AT
- Make and model
- Boeing 717200
- Aircraft serial
- 55152
- System (JASC)
- 5248 · Tail Cone Doors
- Part
- Spring
- Part number
- 49344691
- Condition
- Missing
- Location
- Tail Cone
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.