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An A320 door escape slide indication problem was deferred using MEL chapter 52 doors. The correct air traffic area chapter should have been chapter 25.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 654407 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200504 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : ewr.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : airframe technician : powerplant technician : fcc |
| Experience | maintenance technician : 20 |
| ASRS Report | 654407 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | maintenance problem : non compliance with mel non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : manuals performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Chart Or Publication |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
At departure time; mechanic was called for door slide indication problem. Being a door problem. Being a door problem's slide; I went to chapter 52-doors and looked with the flight crew until we found ECAM door warnings/no slide arm 52-70-01A and used it. Upon further review with maintenance control; I found that door/slide problems should be addressed in chapter 25-60-04B. Flight attendant was advised of the correct chapter. It appeared that chapter 52 addressed the problem. A note in chapter 52 stating to go to chapter 25 for slide issues would help prevent future errors!
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN A320 DOOR ESCAPE SLIDE INDICATION PROB WAS DEFERRED USING MEL CHAPTER 52 DOORS. THE CORRECT ATA CHAPTER SHOULD HAVE BEEN CHAPTER 25.
Narrative: AT DEP TIME; MECH WAS CALLED FOR DOOR SLIDE INDICATION PROB. BEING A DOOR PROB. BEING A DOOR PROB'S SLIDE; I WENT TO CHAPTER 52-DOORS AND LOOKED WITH THE FLT CREW UNTIL WE FOUND ECAM DOOR WARNINGS/NO SLIDE ARM 52-70-01A AND USED IT. UPON FURTHER REVIEW WITH MAINT CTL; I FOUND THAT DOOR/SLIDE PROBS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED IN CHAPTER 25-60-04B. FLT ATTENDANT WAS ADVISED OF THE CORRECT CHAPTER. IT APPEARED THAT CHAPTER 52 ADDRESSED THE PROB. A NOTE IN CHAPTER 52 STATING TO GO TO CHAPTER 25 FOR SLIDE ISSUES WOULD HELP PREVENT FUTURE ERRORS!
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.