Narrative:

The aircraft went back to the gate to resolve hazmat paperwork as described by our captain. I had to open the L1 door for the D flight attendant because she was assisting a passenger who wanted ice for his foot injury. I disarmed the L1 door upon arrival back to the gate. Upon removing the girt bar from the floor brackets I noticed that I had to use more force to make it snap in place to fully complete the disarm position. Sometimes; the girt bar has a tendency to pop out of the clips on both ends so I made sure it stayed clipped by pressing it down further with my foot. I barely cracked open the L1 door slowly while looking out of the viewing port for the agent. I noticed that a portion of the slide pack fell on my foot and was partially out of its container. The girt bar was dangling on the floor as well. Since I was looking out the viewing port and did not really see what happened; I can only speculate that the girt bar might have popped out of from the clips and got caught on the floor brackets thus allowing the slide pack to fall from its case. I asked the D flight attendant to call the pilots and help me with the door. The captain took over and asked me to check if the door was disarmed and he saw that it was disarmed before completely opening the L1 door with the first officer. I should let the D flight attendant open the L1 door since it is her assigned exit door. I can always give a pack of ice to the customer after both doors are disarmed. I can also double check by looking down once more at the girt bar making sure that it does not pop out of the clips. Do a second check on the girt bar and make sure that it does not pop out of the clips. I can do this by testing it a few times before completely disarming the doors.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 Flight Attendant describes a gate return and the manual disarming of the slide by placing the girt bar in the storage clips. When the door is opened the slide pack falls from its' container but does not inflate.

Narrative: The aircraft went back to the gate to resolve Hazmat paperwork as described by our Captain. I had to open the L1 door for the D Flight Attendant because she was assisting a passenger who wanted ice for his foot injury. I disarmed the L1 door upon arrival back to the gate. Upon removing the girt bar from the floor brackets I noticed that I had to use more force to make it snap in place to fully complete the disarm position. Sometimes; the girt bar has a tendency to pop out of the clips on both ends so I made sure it stayed clipped by pressing it down further with my foot. I barely cracked open the L1 door slowly while looking out of the viewing port for the agent. I noticed that a portion of the slide pack fell on my foot and was partially out of its container. The girt bar was dangling on the floor as well. Since I was looking out the viewing port and did not really see what happened; I can only speculate that the girt bar might have popped out of from the clips and got caught on the floor brackets thus allowing the slide pack to fall from its case. I asked the D Flight Attendant to call the pilots and help me with the door. The Captain took over and asked me to check if the door was disarmed and he saw that it was disarmed before completely opening the L1 door with the First Officer. I should let the D Flight Attendant open the L1 door since it is her assigned exit door. I can always give a pack of ice to the customer after both doors are disarmed. I can also double check by looking down once more at the girt bar making sure that it does not pop out of the clips. Do a second check on the girt bar and make sure that it does not pop out of the clips. I can do this by testing it a few times before completely disarming the doors.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.