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A B737-500 with pilot reports that right door #1 girt bar hits door frame when opened. Found improper slides and slide covers installed on left#1 and right#1 doors. Corrected improper installation of slides and covers.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 692468 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200603 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-500 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
| Experience | maintenance technician : 10 |
| ASRS Report | 692468 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : inspector |
| Qualification | technician : airframe technician : powerplant |
| Experience | maintenance lead technician : 2 maintenance technician : 7 |
| ASRS Report | 692466 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper maintenance maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : work cards performance deficiency : installation performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : inspection |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Chart Or Publication Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
Aircraft arrived with a write-up stating right#1 door slide girt bar hits door frame when opening door. Removed door slide cover and found it to be on wrong door. Looked in the computer and matched serial number of slide to door; and matched slide covers to door. Installed slide and cover on door reference amm inspection. Looked it over and gave me ok on operations check. Both L1 and R1 door were affected; however; maintenance performed was only documented on R1 door.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-500 WITH PLT RPTS THAT R DOOR #1 GIRT BAR HITS DOOR FRAME WHEN OPENED. FOUND IMPROPER SLIDES AND SLIDE COVERS INSTALLED ON L#1 AND R#1 DOORS. CORRECTED IMPROPER INSTALLATION OF SLIDES AND COVERS.
Narrative: ACFT ARRIVED WITH A WRITE-UP STATING R#1 DOOR SLIDE GIRT BAR HITS DOOR FRAME WHEN OPENING DOOR. REMOVED DOOR SLIDE COVER AND FOUND IT TO BE ON WRONG DOOR. LOOKED IN THE COMPUTER AND MATCHED SERIAL NUMBER OF SLIDE TO DOOR; AND MATCHED SLIDE COVERS TO DOOR. INSTALLED SLIDE AND COVER ON DOOR REF AMM INSPECTION. LOOKED IT OVER AND GAVE ME OK ON OPS CHK. BOTH L1 AND R1 DOOR WERE AFFECTED; HOWEVER; MAINT PERFORMED WAS ONLY DOCUMENTED ON R1 DOOR.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.