What was found
ORD - TAIL CONE WAS DEPLOYED WHEN AFT ENTRY DOOR WAS OPENED WHILE DOOR WAS ARMED. SLIDE DID NOT DEPLOY. INSTALLED NEW TAIL COMPARTMENT EMERGENCY EVACUATION SLIDE. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.
- Difficulty date
- July 31, 2006
- Submitted
- September 6, 2006
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N70401
- Make and model
- Doug DC982
- Aircraft serial
- 49312
- System (JASC)
- 2565 · Escape Slide
- Part
- Slide
- Condition
- Inoperative
- 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.