A pilot was notified after the flight that a flight attendant had noticed that the passenger seat lo...

Attributes
ACN	1163004
Time
Date	201404
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	CLT.Airport
State Reference	NC
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A321
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Component
Aircraft Component	Pax Seat
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Maintenance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

We were flying an airbus 321. Upon arrival; the extra flight attendant stated that she believed the aircraft passenger seating in coach class on the right side of the aircraft were incorrectly installed. She stated that the actual locations of the passenger seats interfered with her ability to arm; disarm and potentially operate the 3R emergency exit door; in the event of an actual emergency. I reported this to maintenance and completed a discrepancy write-up in the aircraft maintenance logbook. Maintenance confirmed the seating was incorrectly installed and removed the aircraft from service. Evidently; the aircraft passenger seats were incorrectly installed [during] heavy maintenance.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A pilot was notified after the flight that a Flight Attendant had noticed that the passenger seat location interfered with the arming and disarming of the emergency exit door. Maintenance personnel confirmed that seats had been incorrectly installed and required repositioning.

Narrative: We were flying an Airbus 321. Upon arrival; the extra Flight Attendant stated that she believed the aircraft passenger seating in coach class on the right side of the aircraft were incorrectly installed. She stated that the actual locations of the passenger seats interfered with her ability to arm; disarm and potentially operate the 3R emergency exit door; in the event of an actual emergency. I reported this to Maintenance and completed a discrepancy write-up in the aircraft maintenance logbook. Maintenance confirmed the seating was incorrectly installed and removed the aircraft from service. Evidently; the aircraft passenger seats were incorrectly installed [during] heavy maintenance.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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 pilot was notified after the flight that a flight attendant had noticed that the passenger seat location interfered with the arming and disarming of the emergency exit door. Maintenance personnel confirmed that seats had been incorrectly installed and required repositioning.