Service difficulty report · Slide · Boeing 767322

Difficulty date
August 22, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N648UA
Make and model
Boeing 767322
Aircraft serial
25285
Engine
Pwa PW4060
Part
Slide
Part number
101655304
Condition
Deployed
Location
Rt Emer Exit
Component
Goodrich · 101655304
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

RT WING SLIDE DEPLOYED INADVERTENTLY. SLIDE DOOR HAD 7 INCH HAIRLINE CRACK IN HONEYCOMB. THERE ARE THREE INNER HINGES BROKEN AND FOUR KEEPERS RUPTURED. *S/D* THE SLIDE INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED WHILE PINNING THE INFLATION CYLINDER. THE DEPLOYMENT WAS HENCE OUT OF TYPICAL SEQUENCE. THE COMPARTMENT DOOR WAS NOT COMMANDED TO OPEN. THE SLIDE INFLATED INSIDE THE COMPARTMENT AND FORCED THE DOOR OPEN, THUS DAMAGING THE DOOR BY CRACKING THE HONEYCOMB, BREAKING THREE HINGES AND RUPTURING THE FOUR KEEPERS. THE ROOT CAUSE WAS HUMAN ERROR.