Service difficulty report · Life Raft · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
August 5, 2003
Submitted
August 26, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N6703D
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
30234
Aircraft time
11,227 hours, 5,362 cycles
System (JASC)
2564 · Life Raft
Part
Life Raft
Part number
D806627
Part serial
F10214
Condition
Deployed
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
TO
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

FORWARD CABIN LIFE RAFT PARTIALLY INFLATED DURING FLIGHT, CAUSING SOME SHEET METAL DAMAGE TO THE LIFE RAFT COMPARTMENT. REPAIRED COMPARTMENT AND REPLACED RAFT.