Service difficulty report · Life Raft · Amd FALCON7X

Difficulty date
September 28, 2020
Submitted
October 21, 2020
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N82RP
Make and model
Amd FALCON7X
Aircraft serial
35
Engine
Pwc PW307A
System (JASC)
2564 · Life Raft
Part
Life Raft
Part number
1015FAUL7901608
Part serial
10UL01161
Condition
Partial Deploy
Location
Nr 3
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING REMOVAL OF THE NUMBER THREE LIFE RAFT FOR OVERHAUL, ONE OF THE BREAK AWAY BANDS BROKE AND THE RAFT PARTIALLY INFLATED ON THE HANGAR FLOOR. ONLY HALF OF THE RAFT INFLATED AND THE OTHER HALF WAS STUCK TO THE OPEN PORTION OF THE RAFT. THE RAFT WAS LAST OVERHAULED IN 2017. BOTH THE LOCAL FSDO AND WINSLOW LIFE RAFT COMPANY WERE CONTACTED. THE INSPECTOR FROM THE LOCAL FSDO WANTED AN SDR COMPLETED AND WINSLOW WILL SEND US A NEW RAFT TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE ONE.