What was found
BROKEN STRANDS ON TAIL CONE RELEASE CABLE. RELEASE CABLE WAS REPLACED.
- Difficulty date
- June 29, 2015
- Submitted
- June 30, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N981DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53268
- Aircraft time
- 63,300 hours, 46,457 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5350 · Aerodynamic Fairings
- Part
- Release Cable
- Condition
- Frayed
- 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.