What was found
LOW BOTTLE, LEAKING AROUND GAUGE O-RING. REPLACED O-RING. REPLACED SLIDE. A/C RETURNED TO SERVICE. ROOT CAUSE SUSPECTED TO BE GAUGE OVER TORQUED DURING INSTALLATION WITH RESULTING DAMAGE TO O-RING.
- Difficulty date
- January 5, 2007
- Submitted
- January 16, 2007
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N178UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 747422
- Aircraft serial
- 24385
- Aircraft time
- 69,260 hours, 8,611 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW4056
- System (JASC)
- 2565 · Escape Slide
- Part
- O-Ring
- Part number
- 680146904
- Condition
- Unserviceable
- Location
- Escape Slide
- Component
- Slide
- Component part number
- 7A147913
- 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.