Service difficulty report · Girt Bar · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
December 14, 2004
Submitted
December 21, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N509UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
24763
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Girt Bar
Condition
Damaged
Location
Escape Slide
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

SLIDE WOULD NOT ARM BY GIRT. INSPECTION SHOWS GIRT WAS OPERATIONAL. THE PACKBOARD CAME IN WITH MAJOR DAMAGE. GIRT WAS CHECKED FOR CORRECT POSITIONING AND LENGTH PER P-11886 PACKING MANUAL. SLIDE HAS NO RECENT HISTORY OF GIRT REPAIR. NO CAUSE FOR REPORTED DISCREPANT SLIDE ARMING WAS FOUND. SLIDE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN DROPPED DURING HANDLING, CAUSING DAMAGE TO PACKBOARD CORNER. PACKBOARD WAS REPLACED AND SLIDE MADE SERVICEABLE.