Service difficulty report · Bottle · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
July 29, 2011
Submitted
August 1, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N613FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48749
Aircraft time
53,791 hours, 11,901 cycles
Part
Bottle
Condition
Discharged
Location
L1 Door Assist
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

WHEN F/O CHECKED THE SLIDE PRESSURE THE L1 DOOR WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. THE EMERGENCY EXIT HANDLE HAD BEEN MOVED WHILE THE DOOR WAS OPEN AND THE PRESSURE IN THE BLOW UP BOTTLE WAS FOUND DEPLETED. RELEASED FOR SERVICE IAW MEL: 52-10-03-03.

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