Service difficulty report · Latch · Boeing 767322

Difficulty date
January 25, 2007
Submitted
January 30, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N668UA
Make and model
Boeing 767322
Aircraft serial
30024
Aircraft time
27,461 hours, 7,777 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4052
Part
Latch
Condition
Cracked
Location
Overwing 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

RT OVERWING SLIDE COMPARTMENT DOOR LATCH (NR4 AFT), SLIDER IS CRACKED, SPLIT ALONG FWD, OUTBD, AND AFT EDGES. DID NOT PASS INTEGRATOR TORQUE TEST. REMOVED AND REPLACED LATCH PER MM 25-65-09 AND OPS TEST GOOD. SUSPECT SLIDER HAD MANUFACTURING FLAW.