What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED: L2 DOOR SLIDE BULGING WHICH IS PREVENTING THE SLIDE BUSTLE FROM FITTING PROPERLY OVER THE SLIDE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE SLIDE ASSEMBLY PER TASK CARD 26L00025011.
- Difficulty date
- November 27, 2016
- Submitted
- December 1, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N103US
- Make and model
- Airbus A320214
- Aircraft serial
- 861
- Aircraft time
- 47,450 hours, 27,139 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2565 · Escape Slide
- Part
- Slide Raft
- Part number
- D30665405
- Part serial
- A5444
- Condition
- Bulged
- Location
- L2 Door
- Part time
- 61,027 hours, 30,648 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.