Service difficulty report · Bottle · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
September 18, 2006
Submitted
September 26, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N526UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
24994
Aircraft time
52,320 hours, 19,165 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Bottle
Condition
Low
Location
Escape Slide
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

LOW BOTTLE PRESSURE REMOVED VALVE FOR OVERHAUL, REPLACED WITH OVERHAULED VALVE. SUSPECT VALVE DID NOT SHOW ANY LEAKAGE AFTER 2 HOUR LEAK TEST. REPLACED WITH ANOTHER BOTTLE AND A VALVE. RESULTS INCONCLUSIVE.