Service difficulty report · Lanyard · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
November 3, 2010
Submitted
November 5, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N972TW
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53622
Aircraft time
32,484 hours, 15,286 cycles
Part
Lanyard
Condition
Disconnected
Location
Evac Slide
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
L
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

DURING MAINTENANCE WHILE ACCOMPLISHING PC5901 TAIL CONE EVACUATION SLIDE DEPLOY, ESCAPE SLIDE FAILED TO DEPLOY. APPEARED SNAP BUTTON ON LANYARD TO SLIDE CONTAINER DID NOT HAVE POSITIVE ENGAGEMENT. WHEN TAIL CONE JETTISON OCCURRED THE LANYARD PULLED LOOSE FROM CONTAINER (COVER) AND FAILED TO OPEN CONTAINER AND DEPLOY SLIDE. CONNECTED LANYARD PROPERLY TO SLIDE CONTAINER AND PERFORMED JETTISON OF TAIL CONE. SLIDE DEPLOYED NORMALLY.

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