Service difficulty report · Lanyard · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
March 16, 2004
Submitted
June 15, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N949AS
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53022
Part
Lanyard
Part number
8370024
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Escape Slide
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.

What was found

OKC - DURING HV CHECK, FOUND AFT TAILCONE PASSENGER EXIT EMERGENCY SLIDE FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING DEPLOYMENT TEST. THE LANYARD BROKE DURING TAILCONE DEPLOYMENT AND, AS A RESULT, DID NOT PULL OPEN THE SLIDE COVER, ALLOWING THE SLIDE TO DEPLOY. THE LANYARD WAS REPLACED, AND A SUCCESSFUL SLIDE DEPLOYMENT ACCOMPLISHED. THE SLIDE ASSEMBLY WAS THEN REPLACED AS WELL. (M)

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