What was found
ESCAPE SLIDE TO BE INSTALLED, FOUND BEND RADIUS ON TUBE - HITTING NUT CUTTING INTO IT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. REPLACED RIGHT OFFWING ESCAPE SLIDE.
- Difficulty date
- August 28, 2018
- Submitted
- August 31, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N747UW
- Make and model
- Airbus A319112
- Aircraft serial
- 1301
- Aircraft time
- 47,556 hours, 30,525 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2565 · Escape Slide
- Part
- Slide
- Part number
- D31865112
- Part serial
- A7458
- Condition
- Defective
- Location
- Rt Overwing
- Part time
- 45,165 hours, 26,172 cycles
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.