What was found
DURING SLIDE SHOP TEST FOUND RESERVOIR COMPLETELY DEFLATED. FIRING LANYARD WAS INTACT. CAUSE OF CYLINDER DEFLATION COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. INSTALLED OVERHAULED CYLINDER AND RETURNED SLIDE TO SERVICE.
- Difficulty date
- April 2, 2003
- Submitted
- April 7, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N236NW
- Make and model
- Doug DC1030
- Aircraft serial
- 46934
- Aircraft time
- 80,830 hours, 18,418 cycles
- Engine
- Ge CF650*
- System (JASC)
- 2565 · Escape Slide
- Part
- Reservoir
- Condition
- Discharged
- Location
- Escape Slide
- 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.