Service difficulty report · Disk · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
April 22, 2004
Submitted
August 10, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N519UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
24872
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Disk
Condition
Ruptured
Location
Slide Bottle
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

LOW BOTTLE PRESSURE. LEAK DETECTED AT THE RUPTURED DISK AT RELIEF HOLES. REPLACED DISK. OSV, WINSLOW, HAS ADDED ULTRASONIC LEAK DETECTION TO BOTTLE INSPECTION PROCESS.