Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Gulstm G1159A

Difficulty date
August 31, 2009
Submitted
September 1, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Filed by
AI5R727M
River Services, Inc
Aircraft
N62MW
Make and model
Gulstm G1159A
Aircraft serial
484
System (JASC)
2564 · Life Raft
Part
Cylinder
Part number
4A38185
Part serial
X56905
Condition
Empty
Location
Raft Inflation
Component
Life Raft · Bfgoodrich
Component part number
5A321040622
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
L
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

UPON INSPECTING THE HYDROSTATIC TEST DATE ON THE CO2 CYLINDER, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CYLINDER WAS DUE FOR HYDROSTATIC TESTING, AND WE THEN PULLED THE CYLINDER CABLE TO RELEASE THE CO2 FROM INSIDE THE CYLINDER. UPON DOING THIS, WE DISCOVERED THAT IT THE CYLINDER WAS EMPTY. FIRING CABLE HAD BEEN PULLED FROM FIRING HEAD AND WAS LAYING INSIDE THE VALICE. THE INFLATION CYLINDER HAD BEEN DISCHARGED AND WAS THEREFORE EMPTY. THE INFLATION CYLINDER WAS NOT CONNECTED TO THE RAFT. THE RAFT CAME TO OUR FACILITY AND APPEARED AS THOUGH IT WAS IN OPERABLE CONDITION AND READY TO BE USED. THERE WERE NO TAGS OF ANY TYPE ON THE RAFT THAT INDICATE WHEN OR WHO LAST INSPECTED THE RAFT.