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A flight attendant reports a chronic issue involving A320's having low pressure readings on cabin door emergency assist bottles requiring servicing prior to flight
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 843499 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200907 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Emergency Equipment |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Maintenance Deviation - Procedural FAR |
Narrative:
Once again; after my report yesterday; I am scheduled to fly another A320 and sure enough another door (assist bottle) is not properly calibrated (pressurized). This time the door pressure gauge at door 1-Left was too low and mechanics at ZZZ had to pressurize it again to proper psi. This is a chronic issue that has me alarmed to the negligence in which I find all these doors not properly calibrated. While I checked this door today; I can only imagine how many flights were (involved with) this aircraft in the air; with low pressure gauge at the door. Unfortunately it looks like an accident will have to take place for policies to be changed. I just hope the doors will work as designed if it happens.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Flight Attendant reports a chronic issue involving A320's having low pressure readings on cabin door Emergency Assist Bottles requiring servicing prior to flight
Narrative: Once again; after my report yesterday; I am scheduled to fly another A320 and sure enough another door (assist bottle) is not properly calibrated (pressurized). This time the door pressure gauge at Door 1-Left was too low and Mechanics at ZZZ had to pressurize it again to proper PSI. This is a chronic issue that has me alarmed to the negligence in which I find all these doors not properly calibrated. While I checked this door today; I can only imagine how many flights were (involved with) this aircraft in the air; with low pressure gauge at the door. Unfortunately it looks like an accident will have to take place for policies to be changed. I just hope the doors will work as designed if it happens.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.