What was found
SLIDE REMOVED FROM AIRCRAFT FOR TIME CONTROLLED OVERHAUL. UNIT FAILED AIR RETENTION DUE TO POROSITY ON THE UPPER AND LOWER TUBE. SCRAPPED INFLATABLE UNIT, REPLACED WITH NEW.
- Difficulty date
- February 18, 1997
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N570UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 757222
- Aircraft serial
- 26678
- Engine
- Pwa PW2037
- System (JASC)
- 2565 · Escape Slide
- Part
- Slide
- Part number
- D31042205
- Condition
- Porous
- Location
- Inflation Tube
- Component
- Air Cruisers · D31101205
- 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.