Service difficulty report · Bottle · Dhav DHC8311

Difficulty date
October 19, 2004
Submitted
November 9, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N333EN
Make and model
Dhav DHC8311
Aircraft serial
221
Aircraft time
26,736 hours, 29,687 cycles
Part
Bottle
Condition
Leaking
Location
Slide/Raft
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
9
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

DURING LAYOVER DITCHING DAM RT EMERGENCY EXIT DOOR WATER DAM WAS ACTIVATED BUT DID NOT DEPLOY. DURING LAYOVER F/A ATTEMPTED TO OPEN EXIT DOOR TO VENT A/C. F/A HERD A HISSING NOISE AND STOPPED REMOVING DOOR. FOUND HISSING NOISE TO BE NITROGEN FROM DITCHING DAM BOTTLE. SERVICED BOTTLE, OPS CHECKED DITCHING DAM SYSTEM NO DISCREPANCY NOTED AND THEN SERVICED AND REACTIVATED SYSTEM.