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A B757-200 left overwing escape slide was inadvertently deployed by a technician opening the armed left wing exit door.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 668786 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200507 |
| 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 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : fcc technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
| Experience | maintenance technician : 23 |
| ASRS Report | 668786 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | maintenance problem : improper documentation maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other other : 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : work cards contributing factor : briefing contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : scheduled maintenance |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Environmental Factor Maintenance Human Performance Chart Or Publication |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
I was assigned job card xyzx. Identifies and corrects paint chips left wing trailing edge. Went into cabin; was going to go out left wing exit door. Removed wing exit door and heard slide deploy (slide was not disarmed). Have not had slide deployment avoidance training.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757-200 L OVERWING ESCAPE SLIDE WAS INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED BY A TECHNICIAN OPENING THE ARMED L WING EXIT DOOR.
Narrative: I WAS ASSIGNED JOB CARD XYZX. IDENTIFIES AND CORRECTS PAINT CHIPS L WING TRAILING EDGE. WENT INTO CABIN; WAS GOING TO GO OUT L WING EXIT DOOR. REMOVED WING EXIT DOOR AND HEARD SLIDE DEPLOY (SLIDE WAS NOT DISARMED). HAVE NOT HAD SLIDE DEPLOYMENT AVOIDANCE TRAINING.
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.