A 737-300 cabin attendant reports when disarming door 1R the girt bar will not lock in the girt bar ...

Attributes
ACN	714735
Time
Date	200608
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
ASRS Report	714735
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other other : 1
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Company Cabin Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

When I disarmed door 1R I had a hard time placing the bar in the girt bar collars; but then I was finally able to secure the bar in the collars. It is very possible that the bar fell down again into the brackets; but after cracking the door the bar was still in the collars. I have seen this happen before on the B737 fleet. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the cause of the girt bar not locking in the retaining collars or retaining clips when disarming the 1R door is the stiff fabric attached to the girt bar. It seems to slide to either side of the bar blocking the bar retainers. Easy to move back or forward to correct problem.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A 737-300 CABIN ATTENDANT RPTS WHEN DISARMING DOOR 1R THE GIRT BAR WILL NOT LOCK IN THE GIRT BAR RETAINERS. RPTR BELIEVES FABRIC ATTACHED TO GIRT BAR TO BE THE CAUSE OF INTERFERENCE.

Narrative: WHEN I DISARMED DOOR 1R I HAD A HARD TIME PLACING THE BAR IN THE GIRT BAR COLLARS; BUT THEN I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO SECURE THE BAR IN THE COLLARS. IT IS VERY POSSIBLE THAT THE BAR FELL DOWN AGAIN INTO THE BRACKETS; BUT AFTER CRACKING THE DOOR THE BAR WAS STILL IN THE COLLARS. I HAVE SEEN THIS HAPPEN BEFORE ON THE B737 FLEET. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE CAUSE OF THE GIRT BAR NOT LOCKING IN THE RETAINING COLLARS OR RETAINING CLIPS WHEN DISARMING THE 1R DOOR IS THE STIFF FABRIC ATTACHED TO THE GIRT BAR. IT SEEMS TO SLIDE TO EITHER SIDE OF THE BAR BLOCKING THE BAR RETAINERS. EASY TO MOVE BACK OR FORWARD TO CORRECT PROB.

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.

A 737-300 cabin attendant reports when disarming door 1R the girt bar will not lock in the girt bar retainers. Reporter believes fabric attached to girt bar to be the cause of interference.