What was found
WHILE PREPARING FOR DEPARTURE, THE L1 DOOR SLIDE WAS INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED. THE SLIDE PACK HAD FALLEN OUT INTO THE JETWAY BUT THERE WAS NO FULL DEPLOYMENT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE L1 FORWARD SLIDE RAFT.
- Difficulty date
- February 29, 2012
- Submitted
- March 1, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N118US
- Make and model
- Airbus A320214
- Aircraft serial
- 1264
- Aircraft time
- 36,395 hours, 16,126 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2565 · Escape Slide
- Part
- Slide Raft
- Part number
- D30664109
- Part serial
- A7269
- Condition
- Unwanted Deploy
- Location
- L1 Door
- Part time
- 28,828 hours, 12,802 cycles
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.