Service difficulty report · Slide · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
August 28, 2000
Submitted
October 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N593AA
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53256
Part
Slide
Part number
D29984119
Part serial
A4601
Condition
Deployed
Location
Aft Fuselage
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

BNA - AT GATE, TAILCONE SLIDE WAS INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED. INITIALLY INFLATED THEN DEFLATED AFTER TOUCHING GROUND. REPLACED SLIDE. SYSTEM GROUND CHECK NORMAL OPERATION. (M)

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