Narrative:

Description of slide deployment; airbus A320X aircraft #Y jan/wed/06 station; ZZZ; flight #abcd about XA10. At attempting to arm the door; the (door arming) lever did not depress fully. I partially opened (lifted the door handle) to see the mechanism at the forward part of the door; as there was more debris in the corner to obstruct my view. I could not see; at which time I called the purser; asking if he would get a pilot for assistance. My flying partner was watching and suggested recycling the door handle again. I lowered the door handle again and noticed movement at the forward floor corner (where the view port should be). The door was still unarmed. The door would not close fully; nor would it arm as before; and I slowly began to feel the pressure of force against me while on the phone and still holding onto the door handle. I realized then that the slide might be engaged as I was supposing that the manual inflation handle might be caught in the girt bar bracket at the base of the door. I had to let go; and by this time; a pilot had arrived but too late to see that the slide had already deployed; too late to assist. It now; after deployment that I noticed the manual inflation handle more to the center of the door bracket area; but at the corner was a tangle of canvas-type cord just to the forward right of the door; where the girt bar was attached to the bracket.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN A320 CABIN ATTENDANT RPTS INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYING A DOOR ESCAPE SLIDE. DOOR OP AND SLIDE OP WAS ABNORMAL.

Narrative: DESCRIPTION OF SLIDE DEPLOYMENT; AIRBUS A320X ACFT #Y JAN/WED/06 STATION; ZZZ; FLT #ABCD ABOUT XA10. AT ATTEMPTING TO ARM THE DOOR; THE (DOOR ARMING) LEVER DID NOT DEPRESS FULLY. I PARTIALLY OPENED (LIFTED THE DOOR HANDLE) TO SEE THE MECHANISM AT THE FORWARD PART OF THE DOOR; AS THERE WAS MORE DEBRIS IN THE CORNER TO OBSTRUCT MY VIEW. I COULD NOT SEE; AT WHICH TIME I CALLED THE PURSER; ASKING IF HE WOULD GET A PLT FOR ASSISTANCE. MY FLYING PARTNER WAS WATCHING AND SUGGESTED RECYCLING THE DOOR HANDLE AGAIN. I LOWERED THE DOOR HANDLE AGAIN AND NOTICED MOVEMENT AT THE FORWARD FLOOR CORNER (WHERE THE VIEW PORT SHOULD BE). THE DOOR WAS STILL UNARMED. THE DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE FULLY; NOR WOULD IT ARM AS BEFORE; AND I SLOWLY BEGAN TO FEEL THE PRESSURE OF FORCE AGAINST ME WHILE ON THE PHONE AND STILL HOLDING ONTO THE DOOR HANDLE. I REALIZED THEN THAT THE SLIDE MIGHT BE ENGAGED AS I WAS SUPPOSING THAT THE MANUAL INFLATION HANDLE MIGHT BE CAUGHT IN THE GIRT BAR BRACKET AT THE BASE OF THE DOOR. I HAD TO LET GO; AND BY THIS TIME; A PLT HAD ARRIVED BUT TOO LATE TO SEE THAT THE SLIDE HAD ALREADY DEPLOYED; TOO LATE TO ASSIST. IT NOW; AFTER DEPLOYMENT THAT I NOTICED THE MANUAL INFLATION HANDLE MORE TO THE CTR OF THE DOOR BRACKET AREA; BUT AT THE CORNER WAS A TANGLE OF CANVAS-TYPE CORD JUST TO THE FORWARD R OF THE DOOR; WHERE THE GIRT BAR WAS ATTACHED TO THE BRACKET.

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.