What was found
WHILE ACCOMPLISHING L1 DOOR SLIDE OPERATIONAL CHECK, L1 DOOR SLIDE FAILED TO INFLATE AUTOMATICALLY. SLIDE DEPLOYED NORMALLY WITH MANUAL HANDLE. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE L1 DOOR ESCAPE SLIDE.
- Difficulty date
- February 18, 2012
- Submitted
- February 22, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N523AS
- Make and model
- Boeing 737890
- Aircraft serial
- 35194
- Aircraft time
- 11,432 hours, 3,758 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2565 · Escape Slide
- Part
- Slide
- Part number
- 5A33075
- Part serial
- BNG2151
- Condition
- Failed
- Location
- L1 Door
- Part time
- 36,190 hours, 14,507 cycles
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- C
- Nature of condition
- L
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.