What was found
EMERGENCY ESCAPE SLIDE BEARINGS BROKEN. TENSION ON TENSION ROD CAUSED STRESS ON BEARINGS, CAUSING BEARINGS TO BREAK. REPLACED BEARINGS.
- Difficulty date
- March 25, 2009
- Submitted
- March 27, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N677UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 767322
- Aircraft serial
- 30029
- Aircraft time
- 27,045 hours, 6,866 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW4056
- System (JASC)
- 2565 · Escape Slide
- Part
- Bearing
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Evac Slide
- Component
- Evac Slide · Bfgoodrich
- Component part number
- 101655306
- 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.