What was found
MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THAT THE RELEASE CABLE PIN FOR THE EMERGENCY ESCAPE SLIDE WAS UNSAFE. THE COMPLETE DOOR SLIDE ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED.
- Difficulty date
- July 22, 2015
- Submitted
- July 30, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N904DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49535
- Aircraft time
- 74,354 hours, 57,047 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2565 · Escape Slide
- Part
- Pin
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Escape Slide
- 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.