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An airbus 319 was dispatched and operated with a passenger cabin door escape slide replaced but without the required inspection.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 422424 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199810 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 422424 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other oversight : supervisor |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Passenger door escape slide installation, a required inspection item wasn't accomplished. The maintenance procedures manual was referred to: interpretation to its meaning was unclr. Contacted maintenance control for clarification and was directed required inspection item wasn't needed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN AIRBUS 319 WAS DISPATCHED AND OPERATED WITH A PAX CABIN DOOR ESCAPE SLIDE REPLACED BUT WITHOUT THE REQUIRED INSPECTION.
Narrative: PAX DOOR ESCAPE SLIDE INSTALLATION, A REQUIRED INSPECTION ITEM WASN'T ACCOMPLISHED. THE MAINT PROCS MANUAL WAS REFERRED TO: INTERP TO ITS MEANING WAS UNCLR. CONTACTED MAINT CTL FOR CLARIFICATION AND WAS DIRECTED REQUIRED INSPECTION ITEM WASN'T NEEDED.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.