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A flight attendant and flight crew in an md-80 reported that the forward entry door slide deployed after opening the door.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1479548 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201709 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) 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 | Pilot Not Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
I am the number one flight attendant. We arrived to the gate; I made my 'verify/disarm' p.a.; as I looked out the window I noticed the jet bridge wasn't moving. I went over to the 1R door and disarmed. Came back to the 1L and remember moving the red strap to look out; still the jet bridge wasn't moving. I did my all call; I remember opening the closet door as well as the locking the pilot door in place and moving my sweater out of the jump seat. The jet bridge took a good while to move towards the plane; the captain even made a p.a. Letting passengers know the agent was working on getting the jet bridge over to the aircraft. I didn't realize I hadn't fully disarmed the 1L door; because the strap was pinned to the side and not across; when the agent knocked I gave a thumbs up. The agent opened the door; said it took them a while because she was training the new girl. The agent opened the door about halfway and the slide fell out of the door compartment; it didn't inflate automatically. The agents and I noticed the slide pack so I notified the captain right away. The captain moved the slide pack to side and it inflated in the jet bridge; thankfully nobody was hurt.I was distracted by the jet bridge not moving; as we're not supposed to disarm until the jet bridge approaches the aircraft. As well as the red strap not being across the window.make sure to follow the monitor and challenge procedures.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Flight Attendant and flight crew in an MD-80 reported that the forward entry door slide deployed after opening the door.
Narrative: I am the number one flight attendant. We arrived to the gate; I made my 'Verify/Disarm' p.a.; as I looked out the window I noticed the jet bridge wasn't moving. I went over to the 1R door and disarmed. Came back to the 1L and remember moving the red strap to look out; still the jet bridge wasn't moving. I did my all call; I remember opening the closet door as well as the locking the pilot door in place and moving my sweater out of the jump seat. The jet bridge took a good while to move towards the plane; the captain even made a p.a. letting passengers know the agent was working on getting the jet bridge over to the aircraft. I didn't realize I hadn't fully disarmed the 1L door; because the strap was pinned to the side and not across; when the agent knocked I gave a thumbs up. The agent opened the door; said it took them a while because she was training the new girl. The agent opened the door about halfway and the slide fell out of the door compartment; it didn't inflate automatically. The agents and I noticed the slide pack so I notified the captain right away. The captain moved the slide pack to side and it inflated in the jet bridge; thankfully nobody was hurt.I was distracted by the jet bridge not moving; as we're not supposed to disarm until the jet bridge approaches the aircraft. As well as the red strap not being across the window.Make sure to follow the Monitor and Challenge procedures.
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.