What was found
DURING L1 DOOR SLIDE REMOVAL, FOUND SURVIVOR LOCATOR LIGHT ON SLIDE HOUSING FOUND DISTORTED AND APPEARS THAT BATTERY HAS EXPANDED. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. OPEN.
- Difficulty date
- April 10, 2018
- Submitted
- April 13, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N804AN
- Make and model
- Boeing 7878
- Aircraft serial
- 40622
- Aircraft time
- 12,262 hours, 1,246 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2565 · Escape Slide
- Part
- Battery
- Condition
- Failed
- Location
- Slide Light
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.