Service difficulty report · Reservoir · Airbus A319132

Difficulty date
September 23, 2003
Submitted
September 24, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N812AW
Make and model
Airbus A319132
Aircraft serial
1178
Aircraft time
13,343 hours, 5,313 cycles
Part
Reservoir
Part number
60592101
Part serial
4733
Condition
Leaking
Location
Rt Overwing
Part time
5,518 hours, 2,165 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

DURING INSPECTION THE RT OVER WING EMERGENCY EVACUATION SLIDE BOTTLE WAS FOUND TO HAVE LOW PRESSURE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE RT OVER WING EMERGENCY EVACUATION SLIDE BOTTLE IAW AMM 25-62-46-000-001, OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS GOOD. VENDOR TEARDOWN OF R/H OVER WING EMERGENCY EVACUATION SLIDE BOTTLE S/N 4733 CONFIRMED FAILURE OF UNIT. UNIT WAS FOUND TO HAVE LOW PRESSURE DUE TO A LEAK, REPAIRED LEAK AND PERFORMED LEAK CHECK. MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED IAW CMM 25-65-17, REV. 8.

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