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Flight attendants reported a partial slide deployment while opening the cabin door due to the door inadvertently not being disarmed.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1761522 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202009 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Exterior Pax/Crew Door |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Flight abcd from ZZZZ to ZZZ I was the position C. After we landed in ZZZ; and taxiing of the aircraft was complete flight attendant a announced to the flight attendants to prepare the cabins for departure. I went to my forward service door and pulled the girt bar from the bracket and inserted back into the mount where it was disarmed then put the red flag back up. I turned around to cross check with flight attendant a who I saw bend down to disarm the door. I then started talking to a first class passenger seated in X5. I heard flight attendant a call the aft cabin via inter phone to verify their doors were disarmed. Then we waited till the agent came to knock on the forward entry door. I saw flight attendant a give the thumbs up after the agent knocked and the agent starting opening the door. All of a sudden flight attendant a said; 'stop' and I saw the slide peeping from the compartment after she moved to the side. Flight attendant a notified the flight deck of the situation and they called for a mechanic. Two mechanics came quickly and moved the slide out of the housing. We then began to deplane from the front entry door. Managers X and Y came to talk to me and flight attendant a on the aircraft after all the passengers deplaned and was told by her to fill out a report as a partial inadvertent slide deployment.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Flight attendants reported a partial slide deployment while opening the cabin door due to the door inadvertently not being disarmed.
Narrative: Flight ABCD from ZZZZ to ZZZ I was the position C. After we landed in ZZZ; and taxiing of the aircraft was complete Flight Attendant A announced to the flight attendants to prepare the cabins for departure. I went to my forward service door and pulled the girt bar from the bracket and inserted back into the mount where it was disarmed then put the red flag back up. I turned around to cross check with FA A who I saw bend down to disarm the door. I then started talking to a first class passenger seated in X5. I heard FA A call the aft cabin via inter phone to verify their doors were disarmed. Then we waited till the agent came to knock on the forward entry door. I saw FA A give the thumbs up after the agent knocked and the agent starting opening the door. All of a sudden FA A said; 'stop' and I saw the slide peeping from the compartment after she moved to the side. FA A notified the flight deck of the situation and they called for a mechanic. Two mechanics came quickly and moved the slide out of the housing. We then began to deplane from the front entry door. Managers X and Y came to talk to me and FA A on the aircraft after all the passengers deplaned and was told by her to fill out a report as a partial inadvertent slide deployment.
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.