Service difficulty report · Slide · Airbus A319132

Difficulty date
May 12, 2015
Submitted
May 13, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N824AW
Make and model
Airbus A319132
Aircraft serial
1490
Aircraft time
47,591 hours, 19,883 cycles
Part
Slide
Part number
D31517317
Part serial
A8850
Condition
Defective
Location
Zone 800
Part time
50,475 hours, 19,574 cycles
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.

What was found

WHILE ACCOMPLISHING A SCHEDULED TIME CHANGE OF THE R2 ESCAPE SLIDE, THE REPLACEMENT SLIDE COULD NOT BE INSTALLED ON THE ACFT DUE TO A BROKEN SAFETY WIRE ON THE RELEASE SHAFT PAWL. THE DEFECTIVE SLIDE WAS RETURNED & A SERVICEABLE ESCAPE SLIDE WAS INSTALLED ON THE ACFT.

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