Service difficulty report · Slide Raft · Airbus A320231

Difficulty date
January 25, 2008
Submitted
January 28, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N637AW
Make and model
Airbus A320231
Aircraft serial
99
Aircraft time
58,021 hours, 25,701 cycles
Part
Slide Raft
Part number
D30664105
Part serial
A5431
Condition
Defective
Location
R1 Door
Part time
50,314 hours, 22,382 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
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.

What was found

FLT 570 - LAS-PHX - EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT - R1 SLIDE WILL NOT ARM. HANDLE DOES NOT SNAP INTO POSITION. SLIDE WAS REMOVED FOR FERRY FLIGHT AND DOOR ASSIST BOTTLE DEACTIVATED. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE R1 DOOR SLIDE/RAFT IAW TASK CARD R1C25304.

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