What was found
DURING CHECK, MAINTENANCE FOUND THE TAILCONE KEVLAR CABLE TO BE FRAYED. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE KEVLAR CABLE.
- Difficulty date
- November 30, 2014
- Submitted
- December 1, 2014
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N991DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53343
- Aircraft time
- 60,180 hours, 43,479 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5350 · Aerodynamic Fairings
- Part
- Cable
- Condition
- Frayed
- Location
- Tailcon
- 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.