What was found
MAINTENANCE FOUND BROKEN WIRES ON TAILCONE EXTERNAL RELEASE HANDLE CABLE NR 583 AT AFT ACCESSORY COMPARTMENT MAINTENANCE REPLACED TAILCONE EXTERNAL RELEASE HANDLE CABLE NR 583 AT AFT ACCESSORY COMPARTMENT.
- Difficulty date
- February 26, 2015
- Submitted
- February 27, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N980DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53267
- Aircraft time
- 63,107 hours, 46,353 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5350 · Aerodynamic Fairings
- Part
- Release Cable
- Condition
- Frayed
- 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.