What was found
DURING PREFLIGHT, FOUND GIRT BAR AT SERVICE DOOR OUT & PINS EXPOSED. FOUND ALL PINS PULLED OUT OF SLIDE & GIRT BAR HANGERS BENT DOWN. REPAIRED HANGERS & REPLACED SLIDE ASSEMBLY.
- Difficulty date
- September 3, 2013
- Submitted
- September 16, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N564AA
- Make and model
- Doug DC983
- Aircraft serial
- 49346
- Aircraft time
- 83,053 hours, 37,324 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2565 · Escape Slide
- Part
- Slide
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Service Door
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.