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A B737-300 cabin attendant reported the forward escape slide overhaul date had expired. Maintenance advised slide overhaul date tracked by maintenance records computer.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 577650 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200303 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| 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 | B737-300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 1800 flight time type : 8500 |
| ASRS Report | 577650 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 5000 |
| ASRS Report | 577652 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : person 3 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Chart Or Publication Cabin Crew Human Performance Aircraft Maintenance Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Chart Or Publication |
Narrative:
At the gate in ZZZ on our first flight of the day, one of the flight attendants told me the expiration date on the forward entry escape slide had expired. I called maintenance to come and check the escape slide. Maintenance wrote down the information from the forward entry escape slide, and checked that information about the slide on the computer system. The mechanic showed me a maintenance memo that stated: maintenance is tracking escape slide currency through the maintenance computer. The expiration date on the slide may be expired as long as the computer states the slide is current. This flight took a slight maintenance delay, because of the time it took to make sure our escape slide was current. I think the pilots and the flight attendants need to know about this maintenance escape slide currency.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-300 CABIN ATTENDANT RPTED THE FORWARD ESCAPE SLIDE OVERHAUL DATE HAD EXPIRED. MAINT ADVISED SLIDE OVERHAUL DATE TRACKED BY MAINT RECORDS COMPUTER.
Narrative: AT THE GATE IN ZZZ ON OUR FIRST FLT OF THE DAY, ONE OF THE FLT ATTENDANTS TOLD ME THE EXPIRATION DATE ON THE FORWARD ENTRY ESCAPE SLIDE HAD EXPIRED. I CALLED MAINT TO COME AND CHK THE ESCAPE SLIDE. MAINT WROTE DOWN THE INFO FROM THE FORWARD ENTRY ESCAPE SLIDE, AND CHKED THAT INFO ABOUT THE SLIDE ON THE COMPUTER SYS. THE MECH SHOWED ME A MAINT MEMO THAT STATED: MAINT IS TRACKING ESCAPE SLIDE CURRENCY THROUGH THE MAINT COMPUTER. THE EXPIRATION DATE ON THE SLIDE MAY BE EXPIRED AS LONG AS THE COMPUTER STATES THE SLIDE IS CURRENT. THIS FLT TOOK A SLIGHT MAINT DELAY, BECAUSE OF THE TIME IT TOOK TO MAKE SURE OUR ESCAPE SLIDE WAS CURRENT. I THINK THE PLTS AND THE FLT ATTENDANTS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS MAINT ESCAPE SLIDE CURRENCY.
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.