Service difficulty report · Control Cable · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
October 25, 2000
Submitted
October 30, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N929DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49716
Aircraft time
33,833 hours, 27,725 cycles
Part
Control Cable
Part number
3916322611
Condition
Severed
Location
Rt Mlg Ww
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

ON FINAL APPROACH, GPWS WARNING TOO LOW-FLAPS SOUNDED. FLAPS INDICATED 40 DEGREES, GREEN LAND LIGHT ON, ON TAXI IN, THE SLATS WILL NOT RETRACT AND HANDLE IS DIFFICULT TO MOVE AND DISAGREE LIGHT REMAINS ON. FOUND CABLE 207B BROKEN RT W/W. REPLACED BROKEN ELEVATOR FORCE SERVO TORQUE LIMITER CABLE NR 207B AND REPLACED THE NR 208B CABLE FOR PREVENTITIVE MEASURES.

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