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A slide shop technician reports an MD80 escape slide was received for repair with the firing cable attached to pull handle in firing position.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 623086 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200406 |
| Day | Fri |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| ASRS Report | 623086 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : person 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : inspection |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Chart Or Publication Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
| Situations | |
| Publication | Maintenance Manual |
Narrative:
Emergency slide serial number xxxxx received in shop for repair. Firing cable attached to pull handle in firing position. Valve safety pin not installed. Slide removed from aircraft X at ZZZ.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A SLIDE SHOP TECHNICIAN RPTS AN MD80 ESCAPE SLIDE WAS RECEIVED FOR REPAIR WITH THE FIRING CABLE ATTACHED TO PULL HANDLE IN FIRING POS.
Narrative: EMER SLIDE SERIAL NUMBER XXXXX RECEIVED IN SHOP FOR REPAIR. FIRING CABLE ATTACHED TO PULL HANDLE IN FIRING POS. VALVE SAFETY PIN NOT INSTALLED. SLIDE REMOVED FROM ACFT X AT 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.