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An md-80 had normal seats installed in two of the emergency exit seat rows. The seatback tray tables could block the emergency exits.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1275197 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201507 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Pax Seat |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Technician |
| Qualification | Maintenance Powerplant Maintenance Airframe |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Maintenance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Wrong seats installed in aircraft at the emergency exit row on both sides. The aircraft over wing escape had the wrong seats installed forward of the emergency exit. The tray table blocked the emergency exit and the seats in the emergency exit should have had tray tables in the arm rest they did not this was also the wrong seats installed at that row.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An MD-80 had normal seats installed in two of the emergency exit seat rows. The seatback tray tables could block the emergency exits.
Narrative: Wrong seats installed in Aircraft at the emergency exit row on both sides. The Aircraft over wing escape had the wrong seats installed forward of the emergency exit. The tray table blocked the emergency exit and the seats in the emergency exit should have had tray tables in the arm rest they did not this was also the wrong seats installed at that row.
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.