Service difficulty report · Bulb · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
December 2, 2004
Submitted
December 7, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N433UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
589
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Bulb
Condition
Burned Out
Location
Escape 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

6 BULBS BURNED OUT. MOORING LINE NOT IN POCKET, PLACED IN BETWEEN GIRT HALVES. HOSE WAS TAPED OVER SWIVEL 6 INCES FROM MAT DOWN HOSE. INFLATION CABLE NOT RUN IN CABLE GUIDE AND RAN THROUGH LACING GROMMET, THEREFORE SLIDE WOULD NOT HAVE FIRED, WAS 10 INCHES OR LARGER-RECOMMENDED 4 INCH WALL. SLIDE FOLDED NOT ROLLED AND PACKED OVER BOTTLE AND ASPIRATOR.

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