Service difficulty report · Firing Head

Difficulty date
December 22, 2010
Submitted
December 23, 2010
Operation
General aviation
System (JASC)
2564 · Life Raft
Part
Firing Head
Part number
3RA11441
Condition
Misinstalled
Location
Life Raft
Component
Life Raft · Winslow
Component part number
46FASA3313304
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

LIFE RAFT WAS IMPROPERLY PACKED BY MFG AND WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN USABLE IN AN EMERGENCY. BOTTLE WAS INSTALLED ACROSS THE CENTER OF THE CONTAINER PLACING THE FIRING HEAD AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE TO THE SIDE OF THE CASE AND THE FIRING LINE WAS ROUTED THROUGH THE FOLDED LIFE RAFT AND OUT THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE CASE.