Service difficulty report · Seat · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
August 15, 2021
Submitted
August 17, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N659AW
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
1166
Aircraft time
72,124 hours, 28,369 cycles
Part
Seat
Part number
87488009AA01
Condition
Incorrect
Location
Row 4ab
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
W
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 GROUNDED: EMERGENCY LIGHT AT SEAT ROW 5ABC INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THAT THE PASSENGER SEAT ASSEMBLY INSTALLED IN SEAT ROW 5AB HAD A CLEAR EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT INSTALLED WHICH WOULD NOT OPERATE DUE TO NO ELECTRICAL WIRES BEING INSTALLED ON THE SEAT. AFTER CHECKING THE LOPA IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE SEAT ASSEMBLY INSTALLED NOT CORRECT FOR THE LOCATION AND THE PROPER SEAT ASSEMBLY SHOULD NOT HAVE AN EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT AT SEAT ROW 5ABC. MAINTENANCE INSTALLED THE PROPER PASSENGER SEAT ASSEMBLY WHICH WAS CORRECTLY CONFIGURED FOR THIS LOCATION PER THE LOPA AND AMM 25-21-41.

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