What was found
LOW BOTTLE PRESSURE. SLIDE REPLACED. A/C RETURNED TO SERVICE. BOTTLE LEAKING AROUND ONE OF THE O-RINGS ON PISTON. REPLACED O-RINGS ON PISTON. SUSPECT O-RING PINCHED DURING INSTALLATION.
- Difficulty date
- December 27, 2006
- Submitted
- January 25, 2007
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N194UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 747422
- Aircraft serial
- 26892
- Aircraft time
- 37,750 hours, 4,349 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW4056
- System (JASC)
- 2565 · Escape Slide
- Part
- Piston
- Part number
- 3A31941
- Condition
- Unserviceable
- Location
- Slide Bottle
- Component
- Bottle
- Component part number
- 7A146723
- 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.