Service difficulty report · Slide · Airbus A319132

Difficulty date
November 30, 2001
Submitted
December 3, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N825AW
Make and model
Airbus A319132
Aircraft serial
1527
Aircraft time
1,384 hours, 554 cycles
Part
Slide
Part number
D3186511
Part serial
A7829
Condition
Deployed
Part time
1,384 hours, 554 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

SJC - GROUND DAMAGE - FLT 548 - "C" - WHILE AT GATE, ECAM DOOR PAGE DISPLAYED LEFT OVER WING EMERGENCY ESCAPE SLIDE NOT ARMED; MAINTENANCE WAS CALLED AND ALSO VERIFIED LEFT OVER WING EXIT LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RESET THE L/H OVER WING EXIT DOOR ARMING LATCH PIN THE SLIDE WAS INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED DAMAGING THE AERODYNAMIC SEAL AT L/H WING TO BODY FAIRING. AIRCRAFT WAS MAINTENANCE FERRIED BACK TO PHX WHERE BOTH THE DAMAGED SEAL AND L/H OVER WING EXIT SLIDE WERE REPLACED. SLIDE REPLACED IAW T/C R1A25301.

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