Service difficulty report · Life Raft · Skrsky S92A

Difficulty date
December 2, 2012
Submitted
December 6, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N932BG
Make and model
Skrsky S92A
Aircraft serial
920021
Aircraft time
1,943 hours
System (JASC)
2564 · Life Raft
Part
Life Raft
Part number
9285008801114
Part serial
4257200400498
Condition
Unwanted Deploy
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
W, L
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

WHILE PILOT WAS PERFORMING PREFLIGHT CHECKS, THE LIFE RAFT DEPLOYED. VERIFIED THAT SWITCHES WERE IN CORRECT POSITIONS ACCORDING TO ACFT CHECKLIST. S92 TECH REP REVEALED THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT IS KNOWN AND IS CURRENTLY BEING INVESTIGATED. ACCORDING TO THE REPS THE PROBLEM STEMS FROM ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS TO THE SQUIBS WHICH ARE UNACCESSIBLE TO MX TECH. FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED FROM TECH REPS WHEN INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.