What was found
AFT ASSY TAIL CONE SLIDE LANYARD CONTAMINATED WITH HYDRAULIC FLUID. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. REPLACED SLIDE LANYARD IAW WORK CARD 25-94-15.
- Difficulty date
- January 24, 2018
- Submitted
- January 29, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N968TW
- Make and model
- Doug MD83
- Aircraft serial
- 53618
- Aircraft time
- 52,081 hours, 26,410 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2565 · Escape Slide
- Part
- Lanyard
- Condition
- Contaminated
- Location
- Tailcone Slide
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.