Service difficulty report · Shear Pin · Boeing 767201

Difficulty date
February 3, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N650US
Make and model
Boeing 767201
Aircraft serial
23902
Part
Shear Pin
Part number
2174109
Condition
Sheared
Location
Emer Exit Slide
Stage of operation
LD
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

AMS - FLT 42 - ON TOUCH DOWN AT AMS, THE RIGHT OVERWING SIDE DEPLOYED. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE OVERWIG DOOR LATCH ACTUATOR SQUIBS HAD NOT FIRED, BUT THE PIN THAT SHEARS WHEN THE ACTUATOR SQUIB FIRES (ALLOWING THE LATCHES TO OPEN) HAD SHEARED. IT IS NOT KNOWN WHETHER THE PIN SHEARED AS A RESULT OF THE DOOR OPENING (RIGGING PROBLEM), OR IF THE PIN HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY SHEARED AND THE JOLT OF THE LANDING CAUSED THE DOOR TO OPEN, INITIATING THE SLDIE DEPLOYMENT. THE SLIDE, SLIDE BOTTLE, LATCH ACTUATOR, BOTH DOOR ACTUATORS AND UPPER DOORSTOP BRACKET (DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF THE SLIDE DEPLOYMENT AND AIRCRAFT MOTION ON THE GROUND) WERE REPLACED. (M)