What was found
IAW EQ5465 LT OVERWING SLIDE HATCH WILL NOT OPEN. OPENED LT OVERWING SLIDE HATCH & FOUND ALL FOUR KEEPERS WORN & ALL LATCH LINKAGES WORN CAUSING SLIDE LATCHES TO NOT RELEASE KEEPERS THUS PREVENTING THE SLIDE HATCH TO OPEN.
- Difficulty date
- September 28, 2013
- Submitted
- October 2, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N653UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 767322
- Aircraft serial
- 25391
- Aircraft time
- 89,724 hours, 14,295 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW4060
- System (JASC)
- 5220 · Emergency Exits
- Part
- Linkage
- Condition
- Worn
- Location
- Overwing Exit
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- C
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.