B737 crew reports inadvertent slide deployment by cabin attendant.

Attributes
ACN	703811
Time
Date	200607
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-500
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : preflight ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 5000
ASRS Report	703811
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 5000
ASRS Report	703812
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies
Independent Detector	other other : 3
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Company Cabin Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Cabin Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Aircraft APU inoperative. No ground air available. Placed crew bags on aircraft and before departing for operations; flight attendant asked if they could open the doors to get some outside air because aircraft cabin was hot. I said yes; of course. Upon walking back to the aircraft from operations (outside) I observed that the slide at door 1R was deployed and inflated. Purser informed me that a flight attendant opened the door and the slide deployed.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 CREW RPTS INADVERTENT SLIDE DEPLOYMENT BY CABIN ATTENDANT.

Narrative: ACFT APU INOP. NO GND AIR AVAILABLE. PLACED CREW BAGS ON ACFT AND BEFORE DEPARTING FOR OPS; FLT ATTENDANT ASKED IF THEY COULD OPEN THE DOORS TO GET SOME OUTSIDE AIR BECAUSE ACFT CABIN WAS HOT. I SAID YES; OF COURSE. UPON WALKING BACK TO THE ACFT FROM OPS (OUTSIDE) I OBSERVED THAT THE SLIDE AT DOOR 1R WAS DEPLOYED AND INFLATED. PURSER INFORMED ME THAT A FLT ATTENDANT OPENED THE DOOR AND THE SLIDE DEPLOYED.

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.