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Service difficulty report · Slide · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date: July 22, 2015
Submitted: August 6, 2015
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N588JB
Make and model: Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial: 2201
System (JASC): 2565 · Escape Slide
Part: Slide
Part number: D31865111
Part serial: A10597
Condition: Fod
Part time: 30,907 hours, 10,852 cycles
Stage of operation: IN
How discovered: V
Nature of condition: C
Precautionary procedure: K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING INCOMING INSPECTION, FOR THE COMPONENT SHOP VISIT, A FOREIGN OBJECT WAS FOUND INSTALLED IN THE SLIDE, APPEARS TO BE SELF MADE TOOLING. AS INSTALLED, THIS TOOL WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THE PROPER INFLATION OF SLIDE DURING AN EMERGENCY. REMOVED DEBRIS.

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