Service difficulty report · Lanyard · Doug DC932

Difficulty date
June 28, 2009
Submitted
June 30, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N613NW
Make and model
Doug DC932
Aircraft serial
47438
Aircraft time
78,621 hours, 86,475 cycles
Part
Lanyard
Condition
Misrouted
Location
Evac Slide
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

DURING A NON-ROUTINE MAINTENANCE CHECK THE TAIL CONE EMERGENCY EVACUATION SLIDE DEPLOYMENT LANYARDS WERE FOUND TO BE MISROUTED. THIS CONFIGURATION OF THE STRAPS BEING ROUTED ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TOP DEPLOYMENT LANYARD COULD PREVENT THE PROPER OPERATION OF THE TAIL CONE SLIDE IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY. THE ROUTING OF THE LANYARDS WAS CORRECTED, INSPECTED, AND CLEARED FOR REVENUE SERVICE.

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