Service difficulty report · Lanyard · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
July 23, 2005
Submitted
August 5, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N913DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49544
Aircraft time
47,488 hours, 38,469 cycles
Part
Lanyard
Part number
5940163505
Condition
Stretched
Location
Tailcone Slide
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

OPS AGENT WALKED DOWN THE CATWALK AND MISTAKENLY PULLED THE RED DEPLOY HANDLE FOR TAILCONE AND SLIDE DEPLOYMENT. THE TAILCONE RELEASED BUT DID NOT FULLY DROP. IT WAS STILL HANGING ABOUT A FT ABOVE THE GND BY THE KEVLAR CABLE. THE SLIDE NEVER DEPLOYED. REINSTALLED TAILCONE AND REPLACED STRETCHED LANYARD.

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