What was found
DURING TRANSIT CHECK GROUND PERSONNEL ACTIVATED THE TAILCONE AND THE SLIDE. SLIDE WAS REPLACED IAW MM 25-62-01 AND TAILCONE WAS REINSTALLED IAW MM 53-53-00. DURING OVERNIGHT SERVICE TAIL CONE WAS CHECKED, ALL CORRECT.
- Difficulty date
- October 6, 2004
- Submitted
- October 8, 2004
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N204AM
- Make and model
- Doug DC987
- Aircraft serial
- 49404
- Aircraft time
- 43,424 hours, 28,085 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa JT8D219
- System (JASC)
- 2562 · Emergency Locator Beacon
- Part
- Slide
- Part number
- 100503121
- Part serial
- PA005
- Condition
- Deployed
- Location
- Tailcone
- Part time
- 27,243 hours, 18,342 cycles
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- W
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.