What was found
CREW CONCERNED ABOUT PAINT APPLICATION AT LEFT OVERWING EXIT SLIDE DOOR - POSSIBLE INTERFERENCE WITH DEPLOYMENT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED PAINT FROM (3 EACH) SLIDE ENCLOSURE BALL LOCK PINS.
- Difficulty date
- January 27, 2012
- Submitted
- January 30, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N121UW
- Make and model
- Airbus A320214
- Aircraft serial
- 1294
- Aircraft time
- 36,482 hours, 16,089 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2565 · Escape Slide
- Part
- Lock Pin
- Condition
- Obstructed
- Location
- Evac Slide
- Stage of operation
- NR
- 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.