Service difficulty report · Life Raft · Amd FALCON50MYST

Difficulty date
February 25, 2009
Submitted
February 25, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N573TR
Make and model
Amd FALCON50MYST
Aircraft serial
217
System (JASC)
2564 · Life Raft
Part
Life Raft
Part number
100118305
Part serial
PAC210PAC217
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Cabin
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

DURING ANNUAL INSPECTION TO TWO 4-MAN LIFE RAFTS, BOTH LIFE RAFTS WERE FOUND TO HAVE THEIR COMPRESSED GAS CYLINDERS DEPLETED OF ALL STORED GAS PRESSURE. NEITHER RAFT WOULD HAVE WORKED IF NEEDED IN AN EMERGENCY. BOTH RAFTS WERE STILL COMPLETELY PACKED AND APPEARED TO BE UNDISTURBED AFTER THEIR LAST MX. (MAY 2008).