Service difficulty report · Tube · Agusta AW139

Difficulty date
November 26, 2011
Submitted
November 26, 2011
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Agusta AW139
System (JASC)
2564 · Life Raft
Part
Tube
Condition
Missing
Location
Life Raft
Component
Life Raft · Rfdaviation
Component part number
3G2560V00432
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

DURING FIRST SCHEDULED INSPECTION SINCE MFG OF LIFERAFT, FOUND THAT SURVIVAL KIT CONTAINED AN INCORRECT MANUAL INFLATION PUMP. CORRECT PUMP HAS AN INTEGRAL HOSE. INSTALLED PUMP HAD NO HOSE, A FITTING INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE TOP BUOYANCY TUBE MANUAL INFLATION RECEPTACLE AND UNABLE TO REACH THE LOWER MANUAL INFLATION RECEPTACLE. IF LIFERAFT NEEDED TO BE DEPLOYED, THE INSTALLED MANUAL INFLATION PUMP COULD NOT BE USED.

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