What was found
MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THAT THE EMERGENCY ESCAPE PATH TAILCONE RELEASE CABLE HAD CORRODED HARDWARE. THE CLIPS WERE REPLACED, ADJUSTED, AND THE RII WAS SATISFACTORY.
- Difficulty date
- February 13, 2014
- Submitted
- February 13, 2014
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N904DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49535
- Aircraft time
- 70,969 hours, 54,690 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5350 · Aerodynamic Fairings
- Part
- Structure
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Tailcone Release
- 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.