- Difficulty date
- August 31, 2007
- Submitted
- September 7, 2007
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N578UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 757222
- Aircraft serial
- 26694
- Aircraft time
- 49,242 hours, 17,094 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW2037
- Part
- Latch
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Escape Raft Bin
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- 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
LATCH AND CATCH FOR RAFT BIN BROKE. RAFT AND ELT REMOVED FOR REPAIR.