Service difficulty report · Slide · Boeing 757225

Difficulty date
March 22, 2005
Submitted
April 7, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N914AW
Make and model
Boeing 757225
Aircraft serial
22208
Aircraft time
66,981 hours, 28,486 cycles
Part
Slide
Part number
D31041147
Part serial
0311
Condition
Will Not Test
Location
R-3 Door
Part time
40,441 hours, 15,484 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

DURING SCHEDULED DEPLOYMENT OF THE R-3 DOOR SLIDE, THE SLIDE EXCEEDED INFLATION TIME FAILING THE TEST, SLIDE TOOK 13 SECONDS TO BECOME FULLY INFLATED. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE R-3 DOOR SLIDE ASSEMBLY. FOUND NO OBVIOUS REASON WHY SLIDE EXCEEDED DEPLOYMENT TIME. TWO SMALL HOLES WERE FOUND AND PATCHED, SLIDE WAS OVERHAULED AND A HYDRO TEST WAS ACCOMPLISHED ON HOSE AND CYLINDER, NO DEFECTS NOTED. PERFORMED OPS TEST OF SLIDE ON FLAT STAND, TEST WAS GOOD PER CMM 25-66-03, REV. 4.