What was found
MX DISCOVERED THE TAILCONE EMERGENCY RELEASE CABLE WAS CORRODED BEYOND ALLOWABLE LIMITS. CABLE REPLACED AND THE SYS WAS RIGGED TO SPECIFICATIONS.
- Difficulty date
- September 20, 2013
- Submitted
- September 23, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N956DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49887
- Aircraft time
- 62,307 hours, 46,746 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5350 · Aerodynamic Fairings
- Part
- Release Cable
- Condition
- Corroded
- 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.