Service difficulty report · Lanyard · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
December 20, 2005
Submitted
December 28, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N442UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
780
Aircraft time
27,511 hours, 10,357 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Lanyard
Condition
Disconnected
Location
Girt Bar Handle
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

AFT RT DOOR SLIDE GIRT BAR HANDLE RELEASE PIN & LANYARD WERE NOT CONNECTED. DOOR R2 SLIDE ASSY MR25614-1275 WAS INSTALLED IN DEN ON 12/9/2004 TO REPLACE SLIDE ASSY MR25614-158, WHICH HAD TO BE REMOVED DUE TO TIME. PER AMIS, THE SLIDE REPLACEMENT WAS ACCOMPLISHED PER AMM 25-62-44 AND THE REQUIRED INSPECTION WAS ALSO ACCOMPLISHED DURING THAT TIME. FROM THE TIME OF THE SLIDE REPLACEMENT UP UNTIL THE DISCOVERY OF THE DISCREPANCY, THERE WAS NO REPORTED ACTIVITY AT R2 DOOR THAT COULD HAVE ATTRIBUTED TO THE DISCONNECTION OF THE RELEASE PIN AND THE LANYARD. (NOTE: THIS RELEASE PIN IS USED TO DISCONNECT THE SLIDE FROM THE GIRT BAR, DURING SLIDE REMOVAL.)

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