Service difficulty report · Pin · Boeing 767238

Difficulty date
October 24, 2008
Submitted
November 28, 2008
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N673BF
Make and model
Boeing 767238
Aircraft serial
23402
Engine
Pwa JT9D7R4D
Part
Pin
Condition
Installed
Location
Evac Slide
Part time
43 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
L
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

A SLIDE DEPLOYMENT OF THE RT AFT ENTRY DOOR OF THE ACFT WAS ATTEMPTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH A DITCHING DEMONSTRATION IN SUPPORT OF OUR FAR PART 125 CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BY FSDO - 25. THE SLIDE DID NOT EXTRACT FROM THE DOOR BUSTLE AS THE DOOR WAS OPENED. UPON INVESTIGATION OF THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE GIRT BAR WAS NOT PROPERLY INSERTED INTO THE GIRT BAR CARRIER OF THE SLIDE AS CALLED OUT IN AMM 25-66-01, PAGE 405, STEP (15). THIS CONDITION WAS CORRECTED AND THE DOOR WAS CLOSED TO ATTEMPT SLIDE DEPLOYMENT AGAIN. ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT, THE SLIDE PACK DID RELEASE FROM THE DOOR AND DROPPED PROPERLY, HOWEVER IT DID NOT INFLATE. THE IN-CABIN FA OPERATING THE DOOR ATTEMPTED TO MANUALLY INFLATE THE SLIDE USING THE APPROPRIATE PROCEDURE; HOWEVER THE SLIDE WOULD NOT INFLATE. AT THIS TIME, THE SLIDE WAS CHECK TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THIS SECOND OPERATIONAL FAILURE. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE SLIDE INFLATION BOTTLE SAFETY PIN HAD NOT BEEN REMOVED ON INSTALLATION OF THE SLIDE AS CALLED OUT IN THE AMM 25-66-01, PAGE 406, STEP (18). (K)