Service difficulty report · Slide · Boeing 747422

Difficulty date
July 9, 2007
Submitted
July 13, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N181UA
Make and model
Boeing 747422
Aircraft serial
25278
Aircraft time
68,229 hours, 8,486 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4056
Part
Slide
Condition
Faulty
Location
Door 3r
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

AFTER POWER UP THE ACFT FOUND DOOR 3R INDICATOR SHOW DOOR OPENED. AFTER CHECK FOUND SLIDE RAFT WAS LAID DOWN ON THE FLOOR NEAR BY DOOR 3R. [08-07-07] REPLACED 3R SLIDE RAFT ASSY PER MM 25-65-16. CHKD OK. -INSPECTED INSTALLATION OF DR-3R SLIDE RAFT ASSY PER MM 25-65-16. NO DEFECTS NOTED. AFTER INSTALLATION, DISCOVERED AFT RELEASE HANDLE OF RAFT COVER CAME OFF. MADE INTERIM REPAIR BY BOLTING INTO HINGE OF BUSSLE.