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B737 flight attendants reported the slide on the forward entry door nearly deployed the flight attendant opened the door before the slide was disarmed.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1441441 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201704 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Escape Slide |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant In Charge |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Upon arrival from my flight; I was notified by scheduling of an additional assignment to work another turn to ZZZ. I had 2 hours ground time before boarding. After arriving at the gate in ZZZ; I made the disarm doors PA; turn around briefly and saw the B disarm hers; turned back around; looked out the window to see if the ops agent was approaching the door; was about to start disarming my door; was distracted with the thought of 'it would nice to rest on the DH flight.' the ops agent approached the door and I started to open the door; without realizing I had not disarmed it. When the door opened (not much); I immediately realized what had happened. The slide started to come out of the bustle; but did not deploy. The captain was notified and maintenance was called. I made a PA and apologized to the passengers there was going to be a delay in deplaning. The passengers were able to deplane within 10 minutes (after the door was fully opened). Maintenance repacked the slide back into the bustle.during my 2 hour ground time; I was thinking how tired I was; how long my duty day was going to be; and thought if I could just make it through the 1 worked leg. Focus on the steps of disarming a door. Wait until both flight attendant say 'cross checked'. Do not think of anything else besides disarming the door.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 flight attendants reported the slide on the forward entry door nearly deployed the Flight Attendant opened the door before the slide was disarmed.
Narrative: Upon arrival from my flight; I was notified by Scheduling of an additional assignment to work another turn to ZZZ. I had 2 hours ground time before boarding. After arriving at the gate in ZZZ; I made the Disarm doors PA; turn around briefly and saw the B disarm hers; turned back around; looked out the window to see if the Ops Agent was approaching the door; was about to start disarming my door; was distracted with the thought of 'it would nice to rest on the DH flight.' The Ops Agent approached the door and I started to open the door; without realizing I had not disarmed it. When the door opened (not much); I immediately realized what had happened. The slide started to come out of the bustle; but did not deploy. The Captain was notified and Maintenance was called. I made a PA and apologized to the passengers there was going to be a delay in deplaning. The passengers were able to deplane within 10 minutes (after the door was fully opened). Maintenance repacked the slide back into the bustle.During my 2 hour ground time; I was thinking how tired I was; how long my duty day was going to be; and thought if I could just make it through the 1 worked leg. Focus on the steps of disarming a door. Wait until both FA say 'Cross checked'. Do not think of anything else besides disarming the door.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.