What was found
3 IN LONG SLICE ON LOWER TUBE. SLICE OR LACERATION ON THE INFLATABLE TUBE COULD BE DUE TO MISHANDLING DURING UNIT TRANSPORTATION. THE DAMAGE WAS REPAIRED AND RETESTED OK.
- Difficulty date
- June 29, 2005
- Submitted
- July 5, 2005
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N403UA
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 442
- Aircraft time
- 38,231 hours, 13,868 cycles
- Engine
- Iae V2527A5
- System (JASC)
- 2565 · Escape Slide
- Part
- Tube
- Part number
- D30664105
- Part serial
- A5801
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Escape Slide
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- W
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.