What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: PANEL CORNER BENT OUTWARD BEHIND LEFT WING ON FUSELAGE ACCESS PANEL 2 FEET AFT OF TRAILING EDGE. MAINTENANCE REPAIRED SLIDE CONTAINER PANEL PER EA 359015 AND REPLACED LH OVERWING SLIDE.
- Difficulty date
- October 19, 2024
- Submitted
- October 21, 2024
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N657AW
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 1083
- Aircraft time
- 80,896 hours, 33,239 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2565 · Escape Slide
- Part
- Access Panel
- Condition
- Bent
- Location
- Zone 200
- Component
- Slide · Aircruisers
- Component part number
- D31865111
- Stage of operation
- TX
- 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.