Service difficulty report · Control Cable · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
April 23, 2004
Submitted
April 27, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N160PL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49763
Aircraft time
42,176 hours, 29,701 cycles
Part
Control Cable
Condition
Damaged
Location
Slat
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
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

DURING TRANSIT CHECK SLAT NR 5 ON LEFT WING DID NOT RETRACT. A CYCLE OF SLAT WAS PERFORMED WITHOUT POSITIVE RESULTS. PANEL WAS REMOVED AND A CABLE WAS DETECTED WITH DAMAGE. THE LEFT SLAT NR 5 CABLE AND PULLEY WERE REPLACED IAW MM 27-80-01, ALL CORRECT.

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