What was found
FOUND DOOR 1L EMERGENCY EXIT SLIDE COMING UNPACKED. REPLACED SLIDE. OK FOR SERVICE. SLIDE PROBLEM ROOT CAUSE; SUSPECT INADEQUATE BINDING OF SLIDE CAUSED BY IMPROPER REFURBISHMENT.
- Difficulty date
- February 21, 2007
- Submitted
- February 27, 2007
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N127UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 747422
- Aircraft serial
- 28813
- Aircraft time
- 30,133 hours, 3,744 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW4056
- System (JASC)
- 2565 · Escape Slide
- Part
- Slide
- Condition
- Unsecure
- Location
- Door 1l
- 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.