What was found
LEFT OVERWING SLIDE INFLATION CYLINDER PULL FORCE MECHANISM BALL IS IN THE WRONG POSITION, BALL IS IN FRONT OF THE RETAINER SPRING, NOT BEHIND IT AS REQUIRED.
- Difficulty date
- August 29, 2007
- Submitted
- August 31, 2007
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N641UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 767322
- Aircraft serial
- 25091
- Aircraft time
- 70,040 hours, 11,358 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW4060
- System (JASC)
- 2565 · Escape Slide
- Part
- Mechanism
- Condition
- Out Of Position
- 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.