B757 captain is informed by the first officer that he cannot arm the R1 door. Maintenance is called ...

Attributes
ACN	1266453
Time
Date	201505
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	CO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Component
Aircraft Component	Escape Slide
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

After a bird strike inspection was completed and we were ready to depart; first officer tried to arm R1 door. Tried multiple times and came up to cockpit and informed me that he couldn't arm R1. I went back to see if I could help him or arm it and I couldn't do either - the arm handle wouldn't go all the way to the armed position. We opened the door to see if there was something in the door track that was restricting the door from being armed and saw some cords and a carabiner type connector hanging down off of the door. We got the mechanic to look at it. After his inspection; he said that the activation line was wrapped around the girt bar and he would have to MEL the slide. He did that and we continued to destination.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 Captain is informed by the First Officer that he cannot arm the R1 door. Maintenance is called and indicates that the slide may have been improperly installed and will have to be deferred.

Narrative: After a bird strike inspection was completed and we were ready to depart; FO tried to arm R1 door. Tried multiple times and came up to cockpit and informed me that he couldn't arm R1. I went back to see if I could help him or arm it and I couldn't do either - the arm handle wouldn't go all the way to the armed position. We opened the door to see if there was something in the door track that was restricting the door from being armed and saw some cords and a carabiner type connector hanging down off of the door. We got the mechanic to look at it. After his inspection; he said that the activation line was wrapped around the girt bar and he would have to MEL the slide. He did that and we continued to destination.

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B757 captain is informed by the first officer that he cannot arm the R1 door. Maintenance is called and indicates that the slide may have been improperly installed and will have to be deferred.