SDR DL76L010218

Service difficulty report · Clamp · Boeing 767332

Difficulty date: February 7, 2001
Submitted: February 15, 2001
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N186DN
Make and model: Boeing 767332
Aircraft serial: 27962
Aircraft time: 28,366 hours, 4,383 cycles
System (JASC): 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
Part: Clamp
Part serial: PH0010
Condition: Broken
Location: Girtbar
Stage of operation: IN
How discovered: V
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

WHILE COMPLYING WITH EO 01-073595-12 LATCH INSPECTION FOR OFF-WING ESCAPE SYSTEM IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT A BAR THAT RETAINS THE SLIDE IN THE TRAY AND LAYS ACROSS THE LACES HAD COME LOOSE WHEN ALL THE PLASTIC CLAMPS THAT FIX THIS BAR TO THE TRAY HAD BROKEN. THIS BAR WAS JAMMED BETWEEN THE FUSELAGE AND THE SLIDE PACK, PREVENTING THE SLIDE DOOR FROM OPENING AND POSSIBLY PREVENTING THE SLIDE FROM DEPLOYING IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY.