Service difficulty report · Life Raft · Israel GALAXY

Difficulty date
December 20, 2006
Submitted
January 8, 2007
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N889G
Make and model
Israel GALAXY
Aircraft serial
046
System (JASC)
2564 · Life Raft
Part
Life Raft
Part number
57FASA2321325
Part serial
5UL00169
Condition
Misrigged
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

THIS RAFT WAS INSTALLED ON AC BUT MAY BE INSTALLED ON OTHER SIMILAR AC. MOORING THE LINE (FIRING LINE) WAS FOUND RIGGED WRONG. LINE WAS TIED TO LIFE RAFT FIRST AND THEN TO THE PULL CABLE. THE LINE SHOULD BE TIED TO THE PULL CABLE FIRST AND THEN TO THE LIFE RAFT. RIGGED THIS WAY THE LIFE RAFT WOULD NOT DEPLOY BECAUSE THE PULL CABLE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE FIRED. (K)

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