Service difficulty report · Slide · Airbus A320231

Difficulty date
February 22, 2006
Submitted
March 21, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N632AW
Make and model
Airbus A320231
Aircraft serial
81
Aircraft time
53,044 hours, 23,506 cycles
Part
Slide
Part number
D30665105
Part serial
A5446
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
L2 Door
Part time
32,522 hours, 17,267 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.

What was found

MCN - EES - DURING C06 CHECK MAINTENANCE WAS UNABLE TO INSTALL THE L2 ESCAPE SLIDE INFLATION BOTTLE LOCK PIN. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE L2 ESCAPE SLIDE, OPS CHECKS GOOD IAW AMERICA WEST AIRLINES TASK CARD R1C25304. THIS REPORT WAS GENERATED IN ERROR. THE PREVIOUSLY STATED DISCREPANCY WOULD NOT HAVE PREVENTED THE ESCAPE SLIDE FROM OPERATING CORRECTLY SINCE THE PURPOSE OF INSTALLING THE LOCK PIN IS TO DE-ACTIVATE THE SLIDE INFLATION SYSTEM WHILE PERFORMING MAINTENANCE. CONSEQUENTLY THIS WAS NOT A SERVICE DIFFICULTY REPORTABLE EVENT.

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