Service difficulty report · Slide · Airbus A310203

Difficulty date
September 13, 2006
Submitted
September 13, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N405FE
Make and model
Airbus A310203
Aircraft serial
237
Aircraft time
34,449 hours, 29,430 cycles
Part
Slide
Part number
7A1298005
Part serial
WA335
Condition
Contaminated
Location
R1 Door
Part time
5,909 hours, 3,661 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
F

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

REMOVED SLIDE FROM R1 DOOR. REMOVAL FROM A/C ONLY. SLIDE UNIT REMOVED FROM AIRCRAFT AND BEING SENT TO VENDOR FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. SLIDE UNIT WILL HAVE NEW SLIDE UNIT INSTALLED TO RETURN A/C TO SERVICE. EMERGENCY EVACUATION WAS DUE TO ATA 21 AND BEING CONTAMINATED BY HYDRAULIC FLUID.

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