# Incident 20080124010219I: Airbus A319111, Chicago, IL, January 24, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 2008, 19:17 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago Midway International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: F3LA
- Location: 41.7856° N, 87.7527° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO MIDWAY INTL (MDW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7856&lon=-87.7527&mi=10
- Aircraft: N927FR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A319111
- People aboard: 113
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,400 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080124010219I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT DOORS WERE CLOSED AND THE FRONT END CREW AND THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT CREW WERE PREPARING FOR THE PUSHBACK FROM THE GATE AT KMDW. THE FINAL PAPERWORK FOR THE FLIGHT WAS IN THE COCKPIT WITH THE SIGNED RELEASE. THIS RELEASE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO THE GATE AGENT PRIOR TO CLOSING THE IL DOOR. THE CAPTAIN REALIZED THIS AND ASKED THE A FLIGHT ATTENDANT TO OPEN THE DOOR AND GIVE THE PAPERWORK TO THE GATE AGENT. CONTRARY TO FRONTIER PROCEDURES, THE A FLIGHT ATTENDANT OPENED THE "ARMED" DOOR AND THE SLIDE PACK DEPLOYED BUT DID NOT INFLATE BECAUSE IT FELL AGAINST THE JETWAY WHICH WAS STILL IN PLACE. THIS INCIDENT WAS AN INADVERTENT SLIDE DEPLOYMENT MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE COMPANY PROCEDURES WERE NOT FOLLOWED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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