What was found
BROKEN STRANDS ON TAILCONE RELEASE CABLE STA 1510 CANT 11 O'CLOCK POSITION. CABLE WAS REPLACED IAW AMM 20-10-17-201. CABLE WAS ADJUSTED AND OPS CHECKED IAW AMM 53-53-00-501.
- Difficulty date
- February 16, 2010
- Submitted
- March 25, 2010
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N989DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53341
- Aircraft time
- 47,265 hours, 34,895 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa JT8D219
- System (JASC)
- 5350 · Aerodynamic Fairings
- Part
- Release Cable
- Condition
- Frayed
- 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.