Service difficulty report · Slide Raft · Airbus A319112

Difficulty date
April 29, 2016
Submitted
April 29, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N724UW
Make and model
Airbus A319112
Aircraft serial
1122
Aircraft time
45,838 hours, 27,187 cycles
Part
Slide Raft
Part number
D30664405
Part serial
A6937
Condition
Defective
Location
Zone 800
Part time
37,770 hours, 19,016 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
C
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

AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GNDED. WHILE ACCOMPLISHING A SCHEDULED TIME CHANGE OF THE R1 DOOR SLIDE, THE REPLACEMENT SLIDE WAS NOT PACKED TIGHTLY ENOUGH TO FIT PROPERLY INTO THE BUSTLE WHICH PREVENTED THE GIRT BAR FROM BEING PROPERLY ENGAGED. THE DEFECTIVE SLIDE WAS REMOVED & RETURNED TO STORES AS BAD FROM STOCK & THE ORIGINAL SLIDE WAS RE-INSTALLED ONTO THE ACFT & THE TIME CHANGED WAS PLACED ON DEFERRAL..

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