What was found
TAIL CONE WOULD NOT DEPLOY USING INTERNAL RELEASE HANDLE. FOUND RELEASE CABLE IMPROPERLY ROUTED, REROUTED RELAESE CABLE & RESET FOR TAIL CONE DEPLOYMENT.
- Difficulty date
- July 18, 2003
- Submitted
- July 21, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N807ME
- Make and model
- Doug DC981
- Aircraft serial
- 48033
- Aircraft time
- 39,119 hours, 42,258 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5220 · Emergency Exits
- Part
- Cable
- Part number
- 3913359547
- Condition
- Misrouted
- Location
- Tail Cone
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- C
- Nature of condition
- L
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.