Service difficulty report · Container · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
December 29, 2011
Submitted
January 30, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N498UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
1865
Aircraft time
31,011 hours, 13,679 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Container
Part number
2M113325
Condition
Broken
Location
Seat37 Def
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

PAX O2 MASKS DEPLOYED 37DEF BY PAX WHO THOUGHT IT WAS UNDEPLOYED TV SCREEN. TAPED UP. INSPECT LATCH AND VERIFY OXYGEN GENERATOR HAS NOT BEEN FIRED. OXYGEN PANEL WILL NOT RE-ENGAGE TO LOCK, TAPED SECURE IN CLOSED POSITION. PLACARD SEATS 37 D, E, AND F 'INOP DO NOT OCCUPY', DF STICKER APPLIED IN FLT DECK AT OVERHEAD O2 PANEL. REPLACED MAINTENANCE TEST BUTTON AND REPACKED CONTAINER. REINSTALLED CONTAINER IN OVERHEAD. COMPLETED A SUCCESSFUL OPS CHECK OF THE O2 MASK DROP SYS.

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