- Difficulty date
- March 14, 2012
- Submitted
- March 16, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 2447
- Aircraft time
- 27,919 hours, 9,707 cycles
- Part
- Cable
- Condition
- Failed
- Location
- Escape Hatch
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- C
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.
What was found
FLT 6404, ON GROUND HEAVY MAINTENANCE CHECK FOUND RT CABIN OVERWING EMERGENCY ESCAPE HATCH CABLE FAILED THE TRAVEL TEST (REF JB TASK CARD A320-52-21-00-710-004-833. REMOVED AND REPLACED RT OVERWING ESCAPE FLEXIBLE CABLE (NON ROUTINE 23664).