Service difficulty report · Slide · Airbus A330243

Difficulty date
January 28, 2014
Submitted
January 31, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N386HA
Make and model
Airbus A330243
Aircraft serial
1302
Aircraft time
8,934 hours, 1,319 cycles
Part
Slide
Condition
Warning Message
Location
L4 Door
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
L
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

TWO MAINT MESSAGES FAULTED. MESSAGE 256241 ESCAPE SLIDE LT/EPSU (16WL) DOOR 3, & MESSAGE 256241 ESCAPE SLIDE LT/EPSU (17WL) DOOR 4. PERFORMED TROUBLESHOOTING TASKS IAW TSM 25-62-00-810-802A; INSPECTED L3 AND L4 DOOR SLIDES FOR LOOSE CONNECTIONS. FOUND LOOSE CONNECTOR ON DOOR L3. RETESTED SYS. MESSAGE 256241 ESCAPE SLIDE LT /EPSU, 16WL0 DOOR 3 CLEARED. SECOND MESSAGE DID NOT CONTINUED TROUBLESHOOTING, FOUND DEAD BATTERY ON EPSU (17WL) . CHANGED BATTERY AND PERFORMED TEACH IN PROCEDURE IAW AMM 33-51-00- 820-801A. TESTED, NO HELP. SWAPPED EPSU 17WL WITH 18WL AND PERFORMED TEACH IN PROCEDURE FAULT REMAINS THE SAME. CHECKED FOR GROUND IN CONNECTOR 17WL, A NO GROUND SIGNAL, REPLACED L4 DOOR SLIDE PACK IAW JC 2562-9403 EMERGENCY LIGHT SYS TEST OK.

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