Service difficulty report · Slide · Boeing 737824

Difficulty date
June 7, 2006
Submitted
June 9, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N26226
Make and model
Boeing 737824
Aircraft serial
28935
Aircraft time
24,274 hours, 8,621 cycles
Part
Slide
Part number
5A30863
Part serial
B3F360
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
L1 Door
Part time
19,216 hours, 6,620 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

THE L-1 DOOR EMERGENCY ESCAPE SLIDE PARTIALLY DEPLOYED DURING FLIGHT AND THEN DEFLATED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE FLIGHT WAS CONTINUED TO ONT (ITS SCHEDULED STATION) WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEM. THE SLIDE WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED IAW MM 25-66-01-400-801 AND 803. ENGINEERING CONCLUDED THAT THE SLIDE PACK INFLATED AS A RESULT OF THE INFLATION VALVE BEING IN A HAIR TRIGGER MODE AS A RESULT OF A PRETENSIONED FIRING LINE CABLE LIKELY CAUSED BY UNINTENTIONAL MISHANDLING PREVIOUSLY.