Service difficulty report · Slide · Boeing 757225

Difficulty date
June 21, 2012
Submitted
June 21, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N942FD
Make and model
Boeing 757225
Aircraft serial
22612
Aircraft time
66,868 hours, 23,717 cycles
Part
Slide
Part number
D30654122
Part serial
1245
Condition
Dislodged
Location
Pax Door
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

LEFT ENTRY DOOR WAS DISARMED. DOOR WAS CRACKED OPEN FROM INSIDE. PERSONNEL FROM THE OUTSIDE OPENED THE DOOR FURTHER, AT WHICH TIME IT APPEARED THE DOOR CAUGHT AND THE SLIDE FELL OUT. SLIDE DID NOT FULLY DEPLOY. STILL SHOWS GREEN PRESSURE ON THE SLIDE. WITH SLIDE PARTICALLY DEPLOYED, NOTICED THE SLIDE WAS STILL ARMED. DISARMED THE SLIDE AND R & R SLIDE USING AMM 25-66-01-4. PRESSURE CHECKED GOOD AND DOOR ARMED AND DISARMED. DOOR EMERGENCY POWER RESERVIOR DISCHARGED. R & R RESERVIOR USING AMM 52-11-30-4.