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A300. After responding to a false fire warning, a mechanic accidentally deployed the slide from 1L door, that was not disarmed.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 592789 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200308 |
| Day | Sun |
| 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 | A300 |
| 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 pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 4500 |
| ASRS Report | 592789 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far non adherence : company policies other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : ecam fire display other flight crewa other other : 2 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
We were parked at gate with both engines shut down. I unbuckled my seatbelt and exited the cockpit. I proceeded to disarm R1, re-entered the cockpit when I heard the fire bells. Didn't know if it was APU or engine. Silenced the bell. Captain proceeded with ECAM checklist. No fire -- erroneous warning. By the time I exited cockpit again (10 seconds), a certified mechanic entered through R1, proceeded to L1, did not check if L1 door was de-armed, and opened L1 door deploying shoot.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A300. AFTER RESPONDING TO A FALSE FIRE WARNING, A MECH ACCIDENTALLY DEPLOYED THE SLIDE FROM 1L DOOR, THAT WAS NOT DISARMED.
Narrative: WE WERE PARKED AT GATE WITH BOTH ENGS SHUT DOWN. I UNBUCKLED MY SEATBELT AND EXITED THE COCKPIT. I PROCEEDED TO DISARM R1, RE-ENTERED THE COCKPIT WHEN I HEARD THE FIRE BELLS. DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS APU OR ENG. SILENCED THE BELL. CAPT PROCEEDED WITH ECAM CHKLIST. NO FIRE -- ERRONEOUS WARNING. BY THE TIME I EXITED COCKPIT AGAIN (10 SECONDS), A CERTIFIED MECH ENTERED THROUGH R1, PROCEEDED TO L1, DID NOT CHK IF L1 DOOR WAS DE-ARMED, AND OPENED L1 DOOR DEPLOYING SHOOT.
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.