What was found
DURING DITCHING DEMONSTRATION, FORWARD OVERHEAD RAFT COMPARTMENT DOOR JAMMED ON OPENING. FOUND INERTIA REEL JAMMED. SEVERAL TEETH BROKEN ON GEARS. (X)
- Difficulty date
- July 14, 1995
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N74318
- Make and model
- Boeing 727231
- Aircraft serial
- 20051
- System (JASC)
- 2560 · Emergency Equipment
- Part
- Door
- Part number
- 732203
- Condition
- Jammed
- Location
- Raft/Compt
- Part time
- 61,392 hours
- Component
- Consolcntrls · 7322C3
- Stage of operation
- IN
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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