What was found
DURING HEAVY CHECK, MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THAT THE TAILCONE SLIDE WAS UNRAVELING OUT OF ITS CONTAINER. TAILCONE SLIDE WAS REPLACED.
- Difficulty date
- May 5, 2014
- Submitted
- June 12, 2014
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N965DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49984
- Aircraft time
- 63,346 hours, 46,908 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2565 · Escape Slide
- Part
- Slide
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Tailcone
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.