<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1602981, December 2018

A319 flight crew reported that during pre-flight found over wing emergency slide panel had two missing fasteners as well as some fasteners that were glued in place.

Attributes
ACN	1602981
Time
Date	201812
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	BDL.Airport
State Reference	CT
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Component
Aircraft Component	Fuselage Fairings
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 160 Flight Crew Total 2214
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 146 Flight Crew Type 1026
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Maintenance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

Captain volunteered to do the pre-flight; since I was the pilot flying. I programmed the box while he was outside. He came back told me he noticed 2 fasteners missing on the left over wing emergency exit slide. He immediately called [maintenance] and spoke about his concerns. The maintenance supervisor came out and inspected the aircraft. [Maintenance] came to the cockpit and stated indeed 2 fasteners were missing on the critical left over wing panel he quoted 'and you have a 3rd fasteners that was gluded in place.' [maintenance] also stated that the emergency exit slide panel had shifted down and quoted 'getting ready to depart the aircraft'.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A319 Flight Crew reported that during pre-flight found over wing emergency slide panel had two missing fasteners as well as some fasteners that were glued in place.

Narrative: Captain volunteered to do the pre-flight; since I was the pilot flying. I programmed the box while he was outside. He came back told me he noticed 2 fasteners missing on the left over wing Emergency Exit Slide. He immediately called [Maintenance] and spoke about his concerns. The Maintenance Supervisor came out and inspected the aircraft. [Maintenance] came to the cockpit and stated indeed 2 fasteners were missing on the critical left over wing panel he quoted 'and you have a 3rd fasteners that was GLUDED in place.' [Maintenance] also stated that the Emergency Exit Slide panel had shifted down and quoted 'getting ready to depart the aircraft'.

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.