Service difficulty report · Slide · Boeing 767322

Difficulty date
July 21, 2009
Submitted
July 22, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N651UA
Make and model
Boeing 767322
Aircraft serial
25389
Aircraft time
75,061 hours, 12,117 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4060
Part
Slide
Part number
S416T203153
Part serial
30
Condition
Stuck
Location
Overwing Slide
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

LH OVERWING EXIT SLIDE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN. OPENED SLIDE DOOR WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY. UPON OPENING DOOR, FOUND THE FWD AND AFT DOOR OPENING SQUIB ACTUATORS AND THE LATCH RELEASE SQUIB ACTUATOR FIRED. ALSO FOUND CONTROL ROD BROKEN, AND INTEGRATOR TORQUE TUBE NOT MOVING TO FULL OPEN. ALSO VERIFIED THAT SPOILERS NR & NR 7 SQUIBS NOT FIRED AND SLIDE RAFT NOT UNRAVELED. REPLACED CONTROL ROD. AFTER REPLACING ROD AND ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE ESCAPE SLIDE DOOR, SCREWS ON THE SLIDE PACK BOARD FOUND TO BE CATCHING ON TO THE SLIDE TARGET SWITCH BRACKET. SLIDE TO BE REPLACED. REPLACED SLIDE & REPLACED ALL DOOR LATCH ACTUATORS.