Service difficulty report · Linkage · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
September 17, 2014
Submitted
September 19, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N973DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53241
Aircraft time
62,880 hours, 46,440 cycles
Part
Linkage
Condition
Damaged
Location
Tail Catwalk
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.

What was found

THE TAILCONE CATWALK OVER THE VENTRAL STAIRWAY, RT SIDE LINKAGE WAS FOUND DAMAGED. THIS IS CONSIDERED A DEFECT IN THE EMERGENCY ESCAPE SYS AND COULD HAVE AN ADVERSE AFFECT ON THE EVACUATION ROUTE. THE LINK AT THE RT SIDE TORSION BAR WAS REPLACED, THE MOVEABLE CEILING, CATWALK, WAS ADJUSTED, AND THE SYSTEM WAS RIGGED TO MEET PUBLISHED SPECIFICATIONS.

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