Service difficulty report · Slide · Airbus A319112

Difficulty date
August 5, 2022
Submitted
August 9, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N746UW
Make and model
Airbus A319112
Aircraft serial
1297
Aircraft time
56,314 hours, 35,279 cycles
Part
Slide
Part number
D31516621
Part serial
A8913
Condition
Defective
Location
Zone 800 - Doors
Part time
45,854 hours, 29,564 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
J
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 GROUNDED: : FORWARD GALLEY DOOR (R1) WILL NOT ARM, ARM HANDLE RESULTS IN ECAM " SLIDE " INDICATION WHILE HELD IN. UPON RELEASE ARM HANDLE PUSHES ITSELF OUT AND "SLIDE" INDICATION EXTINGUISHES. ARM HANDLE FEELS LIKE IT BINDS WHEN IT IS PUSHED. MAINTENANCE REMOVED SLIDE AND FOUND THE ARMING SYSTEM FUNCTIONED PROPERLY AND DETERMINED THE SLIDE WAS THE CAUSE OF THE BINDING. MAINTENANCE REPLACED R1 DOOR SLIDE PER TASK CARD 26L00025010 AND ACCOMPLISHED A SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECK.

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