What was found
DURING INADVERTENT DEPLOYMENT TOP TUBE DID NOT INFLATE DUE TO MECHANIC ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE DOOR DURING DEPLOYMENT. SLIDE/RAFT WAS TRAPPED IN DOORWAY. REPLACED SLIDE/RAFT. SENT REMOVED SLIDE/RAFT TO VENDOR FOR REPAIR.
- Difficulty date
- January 12, 1995
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N161UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 747238B
- Aircraft serial
- 21352
- Engine
- Pwa JT9D7J
- System (JASC)
- 2565 · Escape Slide
- Part
- Slide
- Part number
- 7A123857
- Condition
- Defective
- Location
- Door
- Component
- Bf Goodrich
- 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.