Service difficulty report · Bottle · Boeing 737824

Difficulty date
June 5, 2017
Submitted
June 6, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N78524
Make and model
Boeing 737824
Aircraft serial
31642
Aircraft time
23,130 hours, 7,983 cycles
System (JASC)
2564 · Life Raft
Part
Bottle
Condition
Low Pressure
Location
Life Raft
Part time
7,870 hours, 2,744 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

RIGHT OVERHEAD BIN, 12 MAN LIFE RAFT HAS 1 BOTTLE PRESSURE READING BELOW ALLOWABLE LIMITS. READS 3000 PSI AT 70 DEG. SHOULD BE 4500 PSI MIN TO 4650 MAX. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE RAFT.