What was found
RT OVERWING SLIDE, MANUAL BACKUP CABLE IS FROZEN. [SUP 06-06-07] REPLACED CABLE, AND THE NON-FUNCTIONAL CABLE HAS BEEN THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM.
- Difficulty date
- April 23, 2007
- Submitted
- May 1, 2007
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N509UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 757222
- Aircraft serial
- 24763
- Aircraft time
- 55,801 hours, 20,920 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW2037
- System (JASC)
- 2565 · Escape Slide
- Part
- Cable
- Condition
- Frozen
- Location
- Evac Slide
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- W
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.