Service difficulty report · Slide · Boeing 757200

Difficulty date
August 22, 2013
Submitted
August 23, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N937FD
Make and model
Boeing 757200
Aircraft serial
23895
Aircraft time
66,429 hours, 28,470 cycles
Part
Slide
Part number
D31038201
Part serial
0739
Condition
Dislodged
Location
Zone 800
Part time
1,911 hours, 1,207 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
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

AFTER BLOCK-IN , WITH BOTH L1 AND R1 DOORS DISARMED AND L1 DOOR CRACKED, THE L1 DOOR SLIDE FELL OUT ON TO THE CREW STAIRS, BUT DID NOT DEPLOY. MX DISCONNECTED GIRT BAR FROM ACFT, L1 DOOR WAS IN ARMED POSITION AND FULLY OPEN, SLIDE HAD PINS PULLED ON YELLOW COVER BUT HAD NOT INFLATED. FOUND DOOR ASSIST CYLINDER DEFLATED. SLIDE PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED AND IS COMPATIBLE IAW EA F-2560-TO30267, ACFT IS OK FOR CONT SERVICE IAW THIS EA AND AMM INSTRUCTIONS.

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