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A B737-700 during a maintenance check an incorrect escape slide was installed at the aft entrance door. Error corrected prior to dispatch.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 610693 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200403 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-700 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
| ASRS Report | 610693 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : inspector |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper maintenance maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : company policies non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other other : person 2 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : scheduled maintenance performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : installation performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
After accomplishing a maintenance visit on aircraft, I went to the stockroom to see if we had a slide in stock. I checked the parts tag on a slide we had and went to the computer to check the affectivity. It was effective for the aircraft. I went back to the shelf and grabbed the wrong slide. All the slides are in cases that are the same color and I thought I got the same slide I checked. I installed a forward slide in the aft position. The problem was found and corrected before the aircraft was released.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-700 DURING A MAINT CHK AN INCORRECT ESCAPE SLIDE WAS INSTALLED AT THE AFT ENTRANCE DOOR. ERROR CORRECTED PRIOR TO DISPATCH.
Narrative: AFTER ACCOMPLISHING A MAINT VISIT ON ACFT, I WENT TO THE STOCKROOM TO SEE IF WE HAD A SLIDE IN STOCK. I CHKED THE PARTS TAG ON A SLIDE WE HAD AND WENT TO THE COMPUTER TO CHK THE AFFECTIVITY. IT WAS EFFECTIVE FOR THE ACFT. I WENT BACK TO THE SHELF AND GRABBED THE WRONG SLIDE. ALL THE SLIDES ARE IN CASES THAT ARE THE SAME COLOR AND I THOUGHT I GOT THE SAME SLIDE I CHKED. I INSTALLED A FORWARD SLIDE IN THE AFT POS. THE PROB WAS FOUND AND CORRECTED BEFORE THE ACFT WAS RELEASED.
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.