Service difficulty report · Pipe · Boeing 767322

Difficulty date
April 23, 2002
Submitted
May 22, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N668UA
Make and model
Boeing 767322
Aircraft serial
30024
Aircraft time
10,348 hours, 3,426 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4052
Part
Pipe
Part number
101651303
Condition
Broken
Location
Evac Slide
Component
Slide Raft · Bfgoodrich · 101651303
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

DOOR 1R SLIDE-RAFT DEPLOYED AFTER PARKING AT GATE. SLIDE FELL ONTO JETWAY PREVENTING FULL DEPLOYMENT. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT ROTATED DOOR HANDLE RATHER THAN ARM/DISARM LEVER CAUSING INADVERTENT DEPLOYMENT. SLIDE DEPLOYED, BUT DID NOT INFLATE. FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND THE HOSE/PIPE CONNECTION FROM THE BOTTLE TO THE ASPIRATORS HAD BROKEN/SNAPPED. UNITED'S METALLURGIST INSPECTED BROKEN PIPE AND DETERMINED THAT AN IMPACT OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN WAS DELIVERED TO THE ALUMINUM FITTING AT THE TIME OF DEPLOYMENT.