What was found
GUST LATCH HARD TO DEPRESS AT BOARDING DOOR. FOUND DOOR L1 SLIDE RAFT PACKED TOO THICK & HITTING FUSELAGE CAUSING ISSUES WITH GUST LOCK. REPLACED DOOR L1 SLIDE RAFT IAW JOB CARD 26L00025011.
- Difficulty date
- April 12, 2014
- Submitted
- April 14, 2014
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N637AW
- Make and model
- Airbus A320231
- Aircraft serial
- 99
- Aircraft time
- 75,978 hours, 33,999 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2565 · Escape Slide
- Part
- Slide Raft
- Part number
- D30664409
- Part serial
- A6039
- Condition
- Defective
- Location
- L1 Door
- Part time
- 48,978 hours, 21,271 cycles
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.