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An A300 captain armed the crew entry door for departure. Had two red overhead door indicators. Attempted to recycle door and activated the slide.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 707177 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200608 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| ASRS Report | 707177 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Chart Or Publication Flight Crew Human Performance Environmental Factor |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Went to the main crew entry door to arm the door for departure. Closed the door. Armed the door. Stored safety pin. Tested the arming tone. It checked. Checked the 2 overhead door indicators. Both were red. I failed to reverse my sequence and attempted to recycle the door with the door handle. Upon lifting the door handle; slide activation occurred as designed except that the stairs were still in position. The door blew open; but the slide did not activate; just partially separated from the door container. Slide was armed for deployment partially out of the door housing. Slide was unable to be safetied. Maintenance ended up having to deploy the slide to be able to remove and replace the unit.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN A300 CAPT ARMED THE CREW ENTRY DOOR FOR DEP. HAD TWO RED OVERHEAD DOOR INDICATORS. ATTEMPTED TO RECYCLE DOOR AND ACTIVATED THE SLIDE.
Narrative: WENT TO THE MAIN CREW ENTRY DOOR TO ARM THE DOOR FOR DEP. CLOSED THE DOOR. ARMED THE DOOR. STORED SAFETY PIN. TESTED THE ARMING TONE. IT CHKED. CHKED THE 2 OVERHEAD DOOR INDICATORS. BOTH WERE RED. I FAILED TO REVERSE MY SEQUENCE AND ATTEMPTED TO RECYCLE THE DOOR WITH THE DOOR HANDLE. UPON LIFTING THE DOOR HANDLE; SLIDE ACTIVATION OCCURRED AS DESIGNED EXCEPT THAT THE STAIRS WERE STILL IN POS. THE DOOR BLEW OPEN; BUT THE SLIDE DID NOT ACTIVATE; JUST PARTIALLY SEPARATED FROM THE DOOR CONTAINER. SLIDE WAS ARMED FOR DEPLOYMENT PARTIALLY OUT OF THE DOOR HOUSING. SLIDE WAS UNABLE TO BE SAFETIED. MAINT ENDED UP HAVING TO DEPLOY THE SLIDE TO BE ABLE TO REMOVE AND REPLACE THE UNIT.
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.