SDR 96ZZZX3754

Service difficulty report · Cylinder

Difficulty date
May 21, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
System (JASC)
2564 · Life Raft
Part
Cylinder
Part number
1021
Condition
Rusted
Location
Life Raft
Component
Hooverind · FR46
Stage of operation
IN
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

THIS FACILITY RECEIVED A HOOVER IND MODEL FR-46, S/N J47 FOR OVERHAUL. UPON INSPECTION AND PRIOR TO PERFORMING A HYDROSTATIC RE-TEST, THE TWO INSTALLED INFLATION CYLINDERS WERE FOUND TO HAVE INTERNAL RUST. (CAUSE FOR REJECTION.) BOTH CYLINDERS HAVE A 521 94 RE-TESTER STAMP ON THE CYLINDERS. SUSPECT CAUSE FOR INTERNAL RUST COULD BE DUE TO NOT HAVING BEEN DRIED THOROUGHLY AFTER LAST HYDROSTATIC RE-TEST.