Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
June 15, 2007
Submitted
June 22, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N975AS
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53451
Aircraft time
44,365 hours, 22,913 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Part number
5913350515
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Tailcone Jettiso
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.

What was found

A TEST DEPLOYMENT (PER TASK CARD 28653000) OF THE TAIL CONE EMERGENCY SLIDE FAILED. A SUBSEQUENT TEST PER THE REFERENCE PROCEDURE IN MM 53-53-00 WAS SUCCESSFUL. AN INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN INITIATED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE BUT SUBSEQUENTLY CANCELED DUE TO THE MD 80 FLEET BEING RETIRED BEFORE ITS COMPLETION.

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