Narrative:

Parked at the gate; I unarmed the forward passenger door. When I removed the girt bar from the brackets to put into clamps; one side did not catch into the clamp on the door and instead fell back into the bracket. I did not notice it; so when I removed the red strap and grabbed the handle; I lifted the handle and cracked the door. At that instance; the slide inside the bustle dropped and landed on my left foot. I immediately looked down; kept the door cracked; and signaled the operation's agent to stop from trying to open the door. At that point; I told the operation's agent what was happening and asked flight attendant 'C' to tell the captain. Between the operations agent and me; we figured out a plan to get the door open without deploying the slide. I had to close the door enough while slide was on my foot in order to release the girt bar from bracket. Once done; the operation's agent and I had to lift the slide off my foot and push it back into the bustle. Holding from the bottom of the bustle; the operations agent and myself got the door open. The slide was still exposed so the operation's agent called for a mechanic to come and check it. Meanwhile; we begin to deplane the passengers. I needed to make sure that the girt bar was in the clamp on the door. I was not rushed nor was I distracted. It was a very unusual incident that the bar fell right back into the bracket.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737 Flight Attendant completely removed only one side of Door 1L girth bar before opening it. When she noticed the slide moving she re-closed the door; then with an Agent's help removed the slide safely allowing the door to open.

Narrative: Parked at the gate; I unarmed the forward passenger door. When I removed the girt bar from the brackets to put into clamps; one side did not catch into the clamp on the door and instead fell back into the bracket. I did not notice it; so when I removed the red strap and grabbed the handle; I lifted the handle and cracked the door. At that instance; the slide inside the bustle dropped and landed on my left foot. I immediately looked down; kept the door cracked; and signaled the Operation's Agent to stop from trying to open the door. At that point; I told the Operation's Agent what was happening and asked Flight Attendant 'C' to tell the Captain. Between the Operations Agent and me; we figured out a plan to get the door open without deploying the slide. I had to close the door enough while slide was on my foot in order to release the girt bar from bracket. Once done; the Operation's Agent and I had to lift the slide off my foot and push it back into the bustle. Holding from the bottom of the bustle; the Operations Agent and myself got the door open. The slide was still exposed so the Operation's Agent called for a Mechanic to come and check it. Meanwhile; we begin to deplane the passengers. I needed to make sure that the girt bar was in the clamp on the door. I was not rushed nor was I distracted. It was a very unusual incident that the bar fell right back into the bracket.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.