Service difficulty report · Slide · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
December 6, 2007
Submitted
December 7, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N954DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49885
Aircraft time
47,895 hours, 36,864 cycles
Part
Slide
Part number
D29982125
Condition
Unwanted Deploy
Location
R1 Door
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

R1 DOOR SLIDE WAY DEPLOYED WHEN DOOR WAS OPENED BY GATE GROMMET. THE DOOR WAS UNLATCHED AND THE GIRT BAR WAS NOT LOCKED IN THE CLIPS. GIRT/SLIDE WAS HANGING ON THE LOWER DOOR FRAME CUT OUT. REMOVED AND REPLACED R1 DOOR SLIDE PER OP 7035.

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