Service difficulty report · Bottle · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
August 21, 2000
Submitted
May 4, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N981AS
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53472
Part
Bottle
Part number
D37013111
Part serial
2903
Condition
Discharged
Location
Escape Slide
Part time
25,949 hours, 14,299 cycles
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

SEA - PRIOR TO FLIGHT 752, THE L2 DOOR EMERGENCY EVACUATION SLIDE PRESSURE WAS FOUND TO BE LOW. REPLACED THE L2 DOOR SLIDE AND ROUTED TO SEA FOR INSPECTION AND/OR REPAIR. THE SLIDE WAS INSPECTED AND THE BOTTLE WAS REPLACED. THE BOTTLE WAS ROUTED TO AIR CRUISERS WHERE THE GAUGE AND VALVE WERE REPLACED. THE BOTTLE LEAK CHECKED GOOD AND WAS RETURNED TO ASA FOR SERVICE. (M)

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