What was found
THE LIFE RAFT ARRIVED AT OUR FACILITY FOR ANNUAL INSPECTION. UPON INSPECTING AND WEIGHING THE CO2 CYLINDER, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE CYLINDER WAS EMPTY.
- 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
- Bottle
- Part number
- 4A38184
- Part serial
- H19692
- Condition
- Empty
- Location
- Raft Inflation
- Component
- Life Raft · Bfgoodrich
- Component part number
- 5A320420112
- 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.