Service difficulty report · Aspirator · Boeing 757223

Difficulty date
August 3, 2011
Submitted
August 5, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N686AA
Make and model
Boeing 757223
Aircraft serial
25343
Aircraft time
59,322 hours, 20,606 cycles
Part
Aspirator
Part number
64149101
Condition
Separated
Location
Evac Slide
Component
Slide Raft · Aircruisers
Component part number
64356101
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
C
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

DURING OVERHAUL MAINTENANCE OF EMERGENCY LIFE RAFT, ONE CHAMBER OF THE RAFT DID NOT INFLATE. UPON INVESTIGATION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE ASPIRATOR, THE DIFFUSER/MIXING TUBE, HAD SEPARATED FROM THE INLET HOUSING. REMOVED ASPIRATOR AND INSTALLED A SERVICEABLE ONE.