Service difficulty report · Slide · Emb ERJ190100IGW

Difficulty date
March 4, 2010
Submitted
March 8, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N229JB
Make and model
Emb ERJ190100IGW
Aircraft serial
19000032
Aircraft time
10,679 hours, 6,579 cycles
Part
Slide
Part number
1040051
Part serial
EE0313
Condition
Unwanted Deploy
Location
L2 Door
Part time
10,415 hours, 6,569 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 JB7--AFTER FLT, L-2 DOOR SLIDE DEPLOYED BY CATERING. R & R L-2 DOOR SLIDE IAW AMM 25-65-01 & ASSIST ACTUATOR DIAPHRAGM REPLACED IAW AMM 52-42-53. FOUND THAT THE CATERING CREW & FLT CREW FOLLOWED PROPER DOOR OPENING PROCEDURES. DURING L2 DOOR OPENING CATERING NOTICED THE SLIDE CASING & A STRING AT LOWER AFT CORNER HANGING DOWN & STOPPED OPENING DOOR. CATERING ATTEMPTED TO FREE THE STRING THEN SLIDE UNRAVELED & INFLATED BETWEEN FUSELAGE & PARTIALLY OPENED DOOR. FOUND A MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION OF SLIDE, STRING HANGING DOWN BUSTLE BRACKET RELEASE PIN LANYARD WITH PIN TORN OFF. CATERING PULLING ON LANYARD RELEASED SLIDE CASING CAUSING DEPLOYMENT.

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