What was found
FOUND LOWER TUBE ASPIRATOR CRUSHED. SLIDE WAS REMOVED FROM AIRCRAFT AT NORMAL MAINTENANCE INTERVAL. DAMAGED ASPIRATOR WAS OBSERVED DURING SHOP MAINTENANCE. THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE DAMAGE TO THE ASPIRATOR COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.
- Difficulty date
- April 4, 2005
- Submitted
- April 12, 2005
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N537UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 757222
- Aircraft serial
- 25157
- Engine
- Pwa PW2037
- System (JASC)
- 2565 · Escape Slide
- Part
- Aspirator
- Condition
- Crushed
- Location
- Slide/Raft
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.