What was found
MX FOUND THE FORWARD SERVICE DOOR EMERGENCY EVACUATION SLIDE INFLATION BOTTLE DEFLATED (PRESSURE INDICATION WAS IN THE RED BAND). THE COMPLETE FORWARD DOOR SLIDE ASSY WAS REPLACED AND THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
- Difficulty date
- January 22, 2013
- Submitted
- January 30, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N985DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53312
- Aircraft time
- 56,933 hours, 41,423 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2565 · Escape Slide
- Part
- Slide
- Condition
- Inoperative
- Location
- Service Door
- 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.