What was found
TAIL CONE WAS ACCIDENTALLY DEPLOYED AT THE GATE, SLIDE DID NOT DEPLOY. REPLACED DEPLOYMENT LANYARD AND REINSTALLED TAIL CONE.
- Difficulty date
- February 23, 2005
- Submitted
- March 14, 2005
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N918DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 49583
- Aircraft time
- 45,488 hours, 37,124 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2565 · Escape Slide
- Part
- Slide
- Part number
- D29984213
- Part serial
- 0612
- Condition
- Deployed
- Location
- Tailcone
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- W
- Precautionary procedure
- D
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.