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Two maintenance technicians reported an inadvertent escape slide deployment while replacing a girt bar floor fitting.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1688287 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201909 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Escape Slide |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Technician |
| Qualification | Maintenance Powerplant Maintenance Airframe |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Technician |
| Qualification | Maintenance Airframe Maintenance Powerplant |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Maintenance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
My co-worker and I were tasked with adjusting and selling to inspection; a girt bar fitting on the right aft service door of [an A319]. I was standing behind my partner as the safety observer; reading over the [aircraft maintenance manual]. During the same period of time my partner was working on the door checking for the proper tolerance while the emergency slide is armed as the [aircraft maintenance manual] instructs. As I was going over the [aircraft maintenance manual]; I hear an unusual noise and looked up to see the slide has been deployed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Two Maintenance Technicians reported an inadvertent escape slide deployment while replacing a girt bar floor fitting.
Narrative: My co-worker and I were tasked with adjusting and selling to inspection; a girt bar fitting on the right aft service door of [an A319]. I was standing behind my partner as the safety observer; reading over the [Aircraft Maintenance Manual]. During the same period of time my partner was working on the door checking for the proper tolerance while the emergency slide is armed as the [Aircraft Maintenance Manual] instructs. As I was going over the [Aircraft Maintenance Manual]; I hear an unusual noise and looked up to see the slide has been deployed.
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.