What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED: WHILE ACCOMPLISHING A SCHEDULED L2 DOOR SLIDE ENCLOSURE REPLACEMENT, FOUND NEW SLIDE TO BE BENT ON THE EDGE DUE TO THE SHIPPING CONTAINER BEING DAMAGED. MAINTENANCE ROUTED THE SLIDE TO BE REPAIRED.
- Difficulty date
- November 4, 2024
- Submitted
- November 4, 2024
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N558UW
- Make and model
- Airbus A321231
- Aircraft serial
- 5282
- Aircraft time
- 37,020 hours, 15,327 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2565 · Escape Slide
- Part
- Slide
- Part number
- 62292109
- Part serial
- C0518RP
- Condition
- Bent
- Location
- Zone 800
- Part time
- 66,935 hours, 25,548 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.