Service difficulty report · Mask · Boeing 727222

Difficulty date
March 6, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N7271U
Make and model
Boeing 727222
Aircraft serial
21418
Engine
Pwa JT8D15
Part
Mask
Condition
Malfunction
Location
Passenger
Stage of operation
IN
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 O2 SYSTEM TROUBLESHOOTING FOR LEAKS PASSENGER MASKS WERE DROPPED INADVERTENTLY. NOT ALL DROPPED AS REQUIRED. ALL LAV AND FLIGHT ATTENDANT PANELS ARE PAINTED SHUT AND NUMEROUS PASSENGER PANELS DID NOT OPEN. FLIGHT ATTENDANT LAV PSU DOORS ON FLEET CHECKED. 20 HAD OVERSPRAY THAT AFFECTED DEPLOYMENT. ALL FREED AND CLEANED. C-CK AND HMV J/C'S REVISED TO CK FOR OVERSPRAY. NON DEPLOYMENTS ATTRIBUTED TO MIS-PACKED O2 MASKS AND HOSES BY HMV CONTRACTOR. THE OTHER 11 PLANES WORKED BY SAME CONTRACTOR ARE BEING CHECKED.