Service difficulty report · Slide · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
December 4, 2012
Submitted
December 10, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N661FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
760
Aircraft time
25,052 hours, 13,443 cycles
Part
Slide
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
R1 Door
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

RIGHT DOOR DOES NOT INDICATE "SLIDE" WHEN DOOR CLOSE AND ARMED. WHILE MX WAS WORKING ON THE RT DOOR "SLIDE" INDICATION, OPEN DOOR AND THE SLIDE FELL OUT OF THE DOOR. DOOR HAD BEEN ARMED. R & R DUAL ESCAPE SLIDE IAW AMM 25-61-21-04. ACFT OK FOR SERVICE. REPLACED ASPSU AND BOTH BATTERIES IAW AMM 52-73-18-04. BATTERY NR 1 FAILS BITE TEST. REINSTALLED 1 OF THE ORIGINAL BATTERIES AND BITE TEST GOOD. BOTH LT AND RT DOOR SLIDE ARMING FUNCTIONS TEST NORMAL IAW AMM 52-73-13-05.

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