What was found
ASPIRATOR LEAKS. ASPIRATOR HAS A CRACK IN IT. REPLACED ASPIRATOR. SLIDE OK FOR SERVICE. SLIDE PROBLEM ROOT CAUSE: SUSPECT ASPIRATOR WAS CRUSHED DURING SLIDE ASSEMBLY.
- Difficulty date
- August 21, 2007
- Submitted
- August 24, 2007
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N127UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 747422
- Aircraft serial
- 28813
- Aircraft time
- 31,906 hours, 3,928 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW4056
- System (JASC)
- 2565 · Escape Slide
- Part
- Aspirator
- Condition
- Leaking
- 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.