What was found
ASPIRATOR FLAPPER VALVES LEAKING. ASPIRATOR WAS OBSERVED LEAKING DURING AIR RETENTION TEST. LEAK WAS DUE TO WORN ASPIRATOR FLAPPER VALVE. ASPIRATOR WAS REPLACED.
- Difficulty date
- February 21, 2006
- Submitted
- February 28, 2006
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N525UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 757222
- Aircraft serial
- 24978
- Aircraft time
- 50,233 hours, 17,884 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW2037
- System (JASC)
- 2565 · Escape Slide
- Part
- Aspirator
- Part number
- 60461101
- Part serial
- C2533
- Condition
- Leaking
- Location
- Escape Slide
- Component
- Slide · Aircruisers
- Component part number
- D31039202U1
- 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.