What was found
DURING SLIDE SHOP TEST AT OPERATING PRESSURE, INFLATABLE FAILED AT LOWER TUBE OF GLUED SEAM. SLIDE WILL BE OVERHAULED AND RECEIVE A NEW INFLATABLE.
- Difficulty date
- December 5, 2000
- Submitted
- December 7, 2000
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N614US
- Make and model
- Boeing 747251B
- Aircraft serial
- 20359
- Aircraft time
- 103,119 hours, 21,604 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2565 · Escape Slide
- Part
- Slide
- Part number
- D30440103
- Part serial
- 0629
- Condition
- Ruptured
- Location
- Exit Door 2r
- Part time
- 50,796 hours, 19,949 cycles
- Stage of operation
- IN
- Nature of condition
- L
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.