What was found
RIGHT OVERWING MANUAL BACKUP EMERGENCY RELEASE CABLE IS FROZEN. 10-19-07 ON TROUBLESHOOTING FOUND DEBRIS AROUND CABLE HINDERING ANY MOVEMENT OF CABLE. CLEANED DEBRIS FROM BACKUP CABLE TO FREE CABLE TRAVEL MOVEMENT.
- Difficulty date
- September 18, 2007
- Submitted
- September 22, 2007
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N518UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 757222
- Aircraft serial
- 24871
- Aircraft time
- 57,647 hours, 19,744 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW2037
- System (JASC)
- 2565 · Escape Slide
- Part
- Release Cable
- Condition
- Obstructed
- Location
- Rt Overwing
- 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.