What was found
DAMAGED ASPIRATOR, LEAKING AT SEAL AND O-RING. REPLACED SLIDE. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. SUSPECT PACKING OF ASPIRATOR INTRODUCED SIDE LOAD WHICH CAUSED SEALS TO"SET" IN A LEAKY GAP.
- Difficulty date
- August 10, 2006
- Submitted
- August 15, 2006
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N667UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 767322
- Aircraft serial
- 29239
- Aircraft time
- 26,998 hours, 7,945 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW4052
- System (JASC)
- 2565 · Escape Slide
- Part
- Aspirator
- Part number
- 5A29011
- Part serial
- N6112
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Evac Slide
- Component
- Evac Slide
- Component part number
- 101651303
- 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.