What was found
TAILCONE SLIDE COVER SNAP IS BROKEN. DISCONNECTED DEPLOY LANYARD, REMOVED AND REPLACED SNAP, RECONNECTED DEPLOY LANYARD, O.K. FOR SERVICE. REQUIRED INSPECTION COMPLETED.
- Difficulty date
- April 10, 2017
- Submitted
- April 11, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N964DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49983
- Aircraft time
- 70,285 hours, 51,928 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2560 · Emergency Equipment
- Part
- Fastener
- Condition
- Broken
- 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.