Service difficulty report · Door · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
March 15, 2004
Submitted
March 23, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N596UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
28749
Aircraft time
23,687 hours, 6,415 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Door
Condition
Will Not Test
Location
Overwing 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.

What was found

LEFT OVERWING SLIDE COMPARTMENT DOOR FAILED TO OPEN ON PNEUMATIC DEPLOYMENT TEST. NITROGEN SUPPLY REGULATOR USED FOR THE TEST WAS NOT CONFIGURED TO QUICKLY PROVIDE PRESSURE TO THE ACTUATOR TEST PORT. THE SUBSEQUENT, SUCCESSFUL, PNEUMATIC TEST WAS PERFORMED WITH A REGULATOR CONFIGURED TO QUICKLY DELIVER NITROGEN AT 1500 PSI TO THE ACTUATOR TEST PORT. AMM 25-65-00/501 'OFF-WING ESCAPE SYSTEM - ADJUSTMENT/TEST' HAVE INSTRUCTIONS TO QUICKLY APPLY PRESSURE TO 1500 PSI. THE CARRIAGE WILL NOT TURN OUT IF THE PRESSURE RELEASE IS SLOW.