Service difficulty report · Cable · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
July 21, 2013
Submitted
September 3, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N512UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
24809
Aircraft time
78,932 hours, 23,905 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2040
Part
Cable
Condition
Broken
Location
Escape Slide
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.

What was found

SAFETY STRING ON SLIDE DEPLOYMENT CABLE BROKE ON AFT SIDE OF L1 DOOR SLIDE. REMOVED L1 DOOR SLIDE & REPLACED WITH NEW SLIDE IAW AMM 25-66-01.