Service difficulty report · Cable · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
April 12, 2013
Submitted
April 18, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N930DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49717
Aircraft time
64,147 hours, 49,120 cycles
Part
Cable
Condition
Broken
Location
Tailcone
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

MX DISCOVERED THAT THE TAILCONE CATWALK RT CABLE WAS BROKEN. THE CABLE WAS REPLACED AND THE SYS WAS RIGGED TO SPECIFICATIONS.

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