Service difficulty report · Slide · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
April 21, 2006
Submitted
May 4, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N220UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
30223
Aircraft time
18,805 hours, 2,539 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4090
Part
Slide
Condition
Leaking
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

THE SEAM IS LEAKING BETWEEN THE UPPER AND LOWER TUBE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SLIDE RAFT. OEM REPORTS THAT LEAKAGE WAS THE RESULT OF LOCALIZED PINHOLE LEAKS AND NOT A LEAKING SEAM. DAMAGE IS CONSISTENT WITH LOCALIZED IMPACT OR ROUGH CONTACT DAMAGE TO MATERIAL DURING SLIDE MANUFACTURE.