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A B757 PIC accidentally trips the emergency evacuate/evacuation slide when attempting to verify the position of the handle on a malfunctioning L-1 passenger door at mco, fl.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 526952 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200110 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mco.airport |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : d10.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : non compliance with mel maintenance problem : improper documentation maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : far non adherence : company policies |
| Independent Detector | other other : gnd 4 |
| Resolutory Action | aircraft : automation overrode flight crew |
| Consequence | other other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Cabin Crew Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
On arrival at mco the agents had difficulty opening the main entrance door. It took two agents and the flight attendant from the inside to open the door. It also would not close easily. We had contract maintenance at mco check the door. He found the door very heavy but okay for service. The door slide cover was loose but not the slide. After the jet bridge had been pulled and just prior to pushback the ground crew noticed the door handles were not properly closed. I went back to make sure the door inside door handle was completely down. It was showing closed on the cockpit annunciators. I obviously cycled the handle too far as the slide deployed. It did deploy normally and did not cause any injuries or damage to the aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757 PIC ACCIDENTALLY TRIPS THE EMER EVAC SLIDE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO VERIFY THE POS OF THE HANDLE ON A MALFUNCTIONING L-1 PAX DOOR AT MCO, FL.
Narrative: ON ARRIVAL AT MCO THE AGENTS HAD DIFFICULTY OPENING THE MAIN ENTRANCE DOOR. IT TOOK TWO AGENTS AND THE FLT ATTENDANT FROM THE INSIDE TO OPEN THE DOOR. IT ALSO WOULD NOT CLOSE EASILY. WE HAD CONTRACT MAINT AT MCO CHECK THE DOOR. HE FOUND THE DOOR VERY HVY BUT OKAY FOR SVC. THE DOOR SLIDE COVER WAS LOOSE BUT NOT THE SLIDE. AFTER THE JET BRIDGE HAD BEEN PULLED AND JUST PRIOR TO PUSHBACK THE GND CREW NOTICED THE DOOR HANDLES WERE NOT PROPERLY CLOSED. I WENT BACK TO MAKE SURE THE DOOR INSIDE DOOR HANDLE WAS COMPLETELY DOWN. IT WAS SHOWING CLOSED ON THE COCKPIT ANNUNCIATORS. I OBVIOUSLY CYCLED THE HANDLE TOO FAR AS THE SLIDE DEPLOYED. IT DID DEPLOY NORMALLY AND DID NOT CAUSE ANY INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO THE ACFT.
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.