What was found
FAA SAFETY INSPECTOR FOUND THE FOLLOWING UPON PREFLIGHT, 'ESCAPE SLIDE BALL LOCKS PAINTED OVER'. MAINTENANCE REMOVED PAINT AS REQUIRED PER ENGINERING ORDER EO2508Y025, REV 'A'.
- Difficulty date
- July 29, 2011
- Submitted
- August 1, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N103US
- Make and model
- Airbus A320214
- Aircraft serial
- 861
- Aircraft time
- 33,096 hours, 19,508 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2565 · Escape Slide
- Part
- Ball Lock
- Condition
- Obstructed
- Location
- Evac Slide
- Stage of operation
- TX
- 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.