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A B757-200 was dispatched in non compliance with a cabin door emergency escape slide that would not arm. Later found part missing from door.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 562884 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200210 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time type : 2796 |
| ASRS Report | 562884 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time type : 2614 |
| ASRS Report | 562452 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper documentation maintenance problem : non compliance with mel maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : door armed light inop other flight crewa other flight crewb other other : person 3 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : inspection performance deficiency : repair |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Chart Or Publication Flight Crew Human Performance Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
We were called by flight attendant prior to pushback that she could not get the armed door light to illuminate at door 3R. We told the mechanic who said that he would check to outside of the door, and to open and close the door to attempt to arm. The flight attendant reported that the light would not press to test and that she did have an armed flag on the door. This was relayed to the mechanic. The mechanic indicated that the door was armed and that we should write it up en route to ZZZ when we arrived at ZZZ. The mechanics advised that the door was missing a part and was not actually armed during our flight to ZZZ. The door was repaired in ZZZ.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757-200 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH A CABIN DOOR EMER ESCAPE SLIDE THAT WOULD NOT ARM. LATER FOUND PART MISSING FROM DOOR.
Narrative: WE WERE CALLED BY FLT ATTENDANT PRIOR TO PUSHBACK THAT SHE COULD NOT GET THE ARMED DOOR LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE AT DOOR 3R. WE TOLD THE MECH WHO SAID THAT HE WOULD CHK TO OUTSIDE OF THE DOOR, AND TO OPEN AND CLOSE THE DOOR TO ATTEMPT TO ARM. THE FLT ATTENDANT RPTED THAT THE LIGHT WOULD NOT PRESS TO TEST AND THAT SHE DID HAVE AN ARMED FLAG ON THE DOOR. THIS WAS RELAYED TO THE MECH. THE MECH INDICATED THAT THE DOOR WAS ARMED AND THAT WE SHOULD WRITE IT UP ENRTE TO ZZZ WHEN WE ARRIVED AT ZZZ. THE MECHS ADVISED THAT THE DOOR WAS MISSING A PART AND WAS NOT ACTUALLY ARMED DURING OUR FLT TO ZZZ. THE DOOR WAS REPAIRED IN ZZZ.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.