Service difficulty report · Control Cable · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
March 28, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N989DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53341
Part
Control Cable
Part number
S4913810JF17821
Condition
Broken
Location
Lt Le Slat
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

LEFT 0 SLAT PARTIALLY DEPLOYED. FOUND LEFT 0 SLAT CABLE BROKEN, LEFT 0 SLAT RETRACT AND EXTEND PULLEY AND BRACKETS BROKEN. REPLACED LEFT 0 SLAT, EXTEND AND RETRACKT CABLES AND REPLACED BROKEN PULLEYS AND BRACKETS. RIGGED SLATS AS PER MM.

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