Service difficulty report · Slide · Airbus A319115

Difficulty date
September 2, 2020
Submitted
September 4, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N8001N
Make and model
Airbus A319115
Aircraft serial
5678
Aircraft time
18,805 hours, 9,036 cycles
Part
Slide
Part number
D30665709
Part serial
M13571
Condition
Partial Deploy
Location
L2 Door
Part time
11,582 hours, 5,225 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: WHILE FLIGHT ATTENDANT WAS TRYING TO CLOSE THE L2 DOOR, THE HANDLE WOULD NOT GO DOWN. FLIGHT ATTENDANT ROCKED THE DOOR TO RE POSITION AND POWER ASSIST TOOK OVER AND OPENED DOOR COMPLETELY. THE SLIDE DID NOT FULLY INFLATE. L2 EVACUATION SLIDE FELL FROM BUSSLE. REMOVED AND REPLACED L2 EVACUATION SLIDE PER AA 25-94-03.

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