Service difficulty report · Life Raft

Difficulty date
June 10, 2003
Submitted
July 14, 2003
Operation
General aviation
System (JASC)
2564 · Life Raft
Part
Life Raft
Part number
1000107
Condition
Faulty
Location
Emerg Equip
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(AUS) LIFE RAFT FOUND PARTIALLY INFLATED ON STORAGE SHELF. THIS IS A REOCCURANCE OF DEFECT REPORTED AS MDR 03/0132 WHICH WAS THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN RECTIFIED. REPAIR FACILITY BELIEVES THAT THE PROBLEM IS DUE TO FAULTY COMPONENTS IN THE CYLINDER VALVE OVERHAUL KITS THAT ARE SUPPLIED.