Service difficulty report · Lanyard · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
February 10, 2005
Submitted
March 29, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N965AS
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53079
Part
Lanyard
Part number
3961899501
Condition
Broken
Location
L1 Door 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 - HV-CHECK, FORWARD PAX (L-1) DOOR EMERGENCY EXIT SLIDE FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING TEST PER TASKCARD 28425002 STEP 2. THE CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE A BROKEN GIRT BAR-TO-SLIDE COVER LATCH LANYARD. IT WAS BROKEN AT THE LATCH END. THE ENTIRE EMERGENCY SLIDE ASSEMBLY, INCLUDING THE DEFECTIVE LANYARD, WAS SHIPPED TO ASA ENGINEERING FOR REVIEW. A REPLACEMENT ASSEMBLY WAS INSTALLED ON AIRCRAFT. (M)

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