Service difficulty report · Slide · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
August 24, 2009
Submitted
September 2, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N780UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26944
Aircraft time
52,859 hours, 9,690 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4077
Part
Slide
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
L1 Door
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

DOOR 1R WILL NOT DISARM. REMOVED SLIDE PACK, BUT NO HELP. ALSO UNABLE TO DISARM FROM OUTSIDE. REQUIRES MORE TROUBLESHOOTING. DOOR CONSIDERED UNUSABLE AND DEFERRED PER MEL5211H. SEATS 1 THRU 3A, E, F AND J BLOCKED OFF WITH DOOR 1R INOPERATIVE. ARM-DISARM HANDLE REMAINS IN ARMED POSITION. NOTE SLIDE PACK REINSTALLED, ARM-DISARM HANDLE REMAINS IN ARMED POSITION. REMOVED SLIDE COVER, SAFETY PINNED SLIDE, SAFETY PINNED GIRT BAR, DISARMED E PAS SWITCH, TAGGED CBS. ACPED SECURITY OF ORIGINAL SLIDE WHICH WAS REMOVED FOR TS ACCESS. VERIFIED REMOVAL OF SAFETY PINS AND STOWED IN POUCH AND ACFT RETURNED TO NORMAL OPS.