What was found
TAIL CONE SLIDE NOT CLOSING, COMING APART. REMOVED AND REPLACED IAW AMM 25-62-01.
- Difficulty date
- January 7, 2017
- Submitted
- January 9, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N974DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53242
- Aircraft time
- 67,325 hours, 49,542 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2565 · Escape Slide
- Part
- Slide
- Condition
- Damaged
- 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.