What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: MAINTENANCE FOUND THE R2 DOOR SLIDE SWOLLEN WHILE TROUBLESHOOTING THE SLIDE COVER BEING LOOSE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE SLIDE ASSEMBLY PER TASK CARD 26L00025010.
- Difficulty date
- January 30, 2023
- Submitted
- February 1, 2023
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N768US
- Make and model
- Airbus A319112
- Aircraft serial
- 1389
- Aircraft time
- 57,399 hours, 36,411 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2565 · Escape Slide
- Part
- Slide
- Part number
- D31517621
- Part serial
- A8116
- Condition
- Swollen
- Location
- Zone 800 - Doors
- Part time
- 53,873 hours, 29,436 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.