Service difficulty report · Pressure Valve · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
June 28, 2005
Submitted
July 5, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N793UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26946
Aircraft time
34,598 hours, 5,338 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4090
Part
Pressure Valve
Part number
19C181918E
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Escape Slide
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.

What was found

BROKEN PRV FOUND IN SLIDE WHEN OPENED FOR OVERHAUL. SLIDE WOULD NOT HOLD AIR PRESSURE. DAMAGED PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE WAS OBSERVED DURING SLIDE/RAFT COMPONENT SHOP MAINTENANCE. THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE DAMAGE TO THE PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED, BUT IT IS SPECULATED IT WAS DAMAGED DURING THE LAST PACKING PROCESS. PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED.