What was found
MSP MAINTENANCE FOUND THE KEVLAR CABLE FOR THE TAILCONE EMERGENCY ESCAPE SLIDE FRAYED. THE CABLE WAS REPLACED.
- Difficulty date
- April 1, 2016
- Submitted
- April 5, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N959DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49978
- Aircraft time
- 67,389 hours, 50,484 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2565 · Escape Slide
- Part
- Cable
- Condition
- Frayed
- 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.