What was found
DURING CHECK, MAINTENANCE FOUND THE KEVLAR ROPE ON THE TAILCONE RELEASE SYSTEM TO BE DAMAGED. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE KEVLAR ROPE ON THE TAILCONE RELEASE SYSTEM. LP 1952047.
- Difficulty date
- May 17, 2015
- Submitted
- May 22, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N912DE
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49997
- Aircraft time
- 55,394 hours, 43,363 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5350 · Aerodynamic Fairings
- Part
- Release Cable
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Tailcone
- 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.