A slide shop technician reports an MD80 escape slide was received for repair with the firing cable attached to pull handle in firing position.

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Attributes
ACN	623086
Time
Date	200406
Day	Fri
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : maintenance
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	maintenance : technician
ASRS Report	623086
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other other : person 1
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other other
Factors
Maintenance	performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : inspection
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Maintenance Human Performance Chart Or Publication Aircraft
Primary Problem	Maintenance Human Performance
Situations
Publication	Maintenance Manual

Narrative:

Emergency slide serial number xxxxx received in shop for repair. Firing cable attached to pull handle in firing position. Valve safety pin not installed. Slide removed from aircraft X at ZZZ.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A SLIDE SHOP TECHNICIAN RPTS AN MD80 ESCAPE SLIDE WAS RECEIVED FOR REPAIR WITH THE FIRING CABLE ATTACHED TO PULL HANDLE IN FIRING POS.

Narrative: EMER SLIDE SERIAL NUMBER XXXXX RECEIVED IN SHOP FOR REPAIR. FIRING CABLE ATTACHED TO PULL HANDLE IN FIRING POS. VALVE SAFETY PIN NOT INSTALLED. SLIDE REMOVED FROM ACFT X AT ZZZ.

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.