What was found
FOUND LEFT OVERWING SLIDE TENSION ROD BROKE. REPLACED SLIDE. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. ROOT CAUSE WAS TENSION ROD BEARINGS BROKEN. SUSPECT OVER TIGHTENING DURING INSTALLATION.
- Difficulty date
- April 22, 2006
- Submitted
- May 4, 2006
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N654UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 767322
- Aircraft serial
- 25392
- Aircraft time
- 58,216 hours, 9,631 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW4060
- System (JASC)
- 2565 · Escape Slide
- Part
- Rod
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Overwing Slide
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- W
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.