SDR 2012F00110

Service difficulty report · Slide · Boeing 767

Difficulty date
June 2, 2012
Submitted
June 12, 2012
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Boeing 767
Part
Slide
Part number
101630306
Part serial
PC0007
Condition
Misoverhauled
Location
Overwing
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

DURING PACKING OF THE EVACUATION RAMP/SLIDE, NOTED INCORRECT SHEAR-PIN RESTRAINTS INSTALLED DURING PREVIOUS MX. THERE WERE THREE SHEAR-PIN RESTRAINTS INCORRECTLY INSTALLED, TWO 170LB SHEAR-PIN RESTRAINTS, INSTALLED BUT SHOULD BE TWO 70LB SHEAR-PIN RESTRAINTS, ONE 375LB SHEAR-PIN RESTRAINTS, INSTALLED BUT SHOULD BE ONE 280LB SHEAR-PIN RESTRAINT. IT IS LIKELY THAT THE EXTRA 100LB SHEAR RATING OF THE INCORRECT SHEAR-PINS WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN INCOMPLETE DEPLOYMENT OR INFLATABLE DAMAGE RENDERING THE EVACUATION RAMP/SLIDE UNUSABLE IF DEPLOYED. THIS EVACUATION RAMP/SLIDE WAS RECEIVED, PACKED IN FAIR CONDITION FOR OVERHAUL. MARKINGS ON THE PACKBOARD COVER INDICATE THAT THE UNIT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY OVERHAULED IN MARCH OF 2011. THE INCORRECT SHEAR-PIN RESTRAINTS WERE R & R WITH THE NEW/CORRECT ONES.

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