Service difficulty report · Slide

Difficulty date
February 20, 2006
Submitted
February 22, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Part
Slide
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Lt Overwing
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING OVERNIGHT MX LT OVERWING SLIDE INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED. SLIDE, CAME OUT OF CASE & FAILED TO FULLY DEPLOY. MX REMOVED & INSTALLED NEW SLIDE. COULD NOT CONFIRM FAULT. SLIDE INFLATED IN 5.05 SECONDS WITH 3.6 PSI. CMM LIMITS CALLS FOR 5.5 SECONDS WITH 2.5PSI. CYLINDER INSPECTED, NO DEFECTS FOUND. SLIDE OVERHAULED & TESTED IAW CMM25-60-58 REV 12. CYLINDER ASSEMBLY WAS INSPECTED AND OVERHAULED IAW CMM 25-65-17 REV-12 11/21/05 .