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A BAC146 made 2 flts with the service door escape slide hanging lower than normal. Technician at ZZZ removed and replaced slide.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 512296 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200105 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : dtw.tower |
| Make Model Name | BAe 146 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : pushback ground : maintenance |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 207 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 1600 |
| ASRS Report | 512296 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : 5 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
During pushback, the forward flight attendant was concerned about the status of the service door emergency slide (right forward cabin door). Since I had #4 already started, I stopped the pushback, set the parking brake and asked my first officer to visually inspect the slide. He went back and visually confirmed that the slide was svcable. We had one of our dispatchers riding the jump seat as an observer and he also concurred with my first officer's assessment. Upon arrival in ZZZ (via grb) the caterer opened the service door and observed that the slide was hanging lower than usual. He then informed maintenance of the situation (unbeknownst to me). Maintenance inspector the slide and wrote it up as 'partially deployed.' they then removed and replaced the slide with a svcable one. The maintenance crew wrote up in the discrepancy section of the maintenance logbook that he suspected the aircraft had flown several stops with a partially deployed slide. I was not very happy about this write-up since we determined the slide to be svcable in dtw before departure.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A BAC146 MADE 2 FLTS WITH THE SVC DOOR ESCAPE SLIDE HANGING LOWER THAN NORMAL. TECHNICIAN AT ZZZ REMOVED AND REPLACED SLIDE.
Narrative: DURING PUSHBACK, THE FORWARD FLT ATTENDANT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE SVC DOOR EMER SLIDE (R FORWARD CABIN DOOR). SINCE I HAD #4 ALREADY STARTED, I STOPPED THE PUSHBACK, SET THE PARKING BRAKE AND ASKED MY FO TO VISUALLY INSPECT THE SLIDE. HE WENT BACK AND VISUALLY CONFIRMED THAT THE SLIDE WAS SVCABLE. WE HAD ONE OF OUR DISPATCHERS RIDING THE JUMP SEAT AS AN OBSERVER AND HE ALSO CONCURRED WITH MY FO'S ASSESSMENT. UPON ARR IN ZZZ (VIA GRB) THE CATERER OPENED THE SVC DOOR AND OBSERVED THAT THE SLIDE WAS HANGING LOWER THAN USUAL. HE THEN INFORMED MAINT OF THE SIT (UNBEKNOWNST TO ME). MAINT INSPECTOR THE SLIDE AND WROTE IT UP AS 'PARTIALLY DEPLOYED.' THEY THEN REMOVED AND REPLACED THE SLIDE WITH A SVCABLE ONE. THE MAINT CREW WROTE UP IN THE DISCREPANCY SECTION OF THE MAINT LOGBOOK THAT HE SUSPECTED THE ACFT HAD FLOWN SEVERAL STOPS WITH A PARTIALLY DEPLOYED SLIDE. I WAS NOT VERY HAPPY ABOUT THIS WRITE-UP SINCE WE DETERMINED THE SLIDE TO BE SVCABLE IN DTW BEFORE DEP.
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.