Service difficulty report · Slide · Airbus A320214

Difficulty date
April 13, 2013
Submitted
April 17, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N401AV
Make and model
Airbus A320214
Aircraft serial
4001
Aircraft time
1,006,267 hours, 8,734 cycles
Part
Slide
Part number
D30664309
Part serial
SL25150
Condition
Unwanted Deploy
Location
L1 Door
Part time
1,144,494 hours, 5,461 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

SLIDE DOOR 1L WAS ACTIVATED ACCIDENTALLY BY THE FLIGHT CREW BEFORE PUSHBACK, THE SLIDE DID NOT DEPLOY CORRECTLY DUE TO THE GATE WAS CONNECTED. IAW AMM 52-10-00-610-001A REPLACEMENT OF THE DIAPHRAGMAN IN THE PERCUSSION MECHANISM OF THE DOOR DAMPER ACTUATOR WAS PERFORMED IAW AMM 25-62-44-000/400-012-A ESCAPE- SLIDE RAFT PAIK -ASSEMBLY 1L WAS REPLACED. AN OPERATIONAL TEST OF THE ESCAPE FACILITIES WAS PERFORMED, TEST SATISFACTORY.

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