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A maintenance technician reports finding a B757-200 overwing escape slide pack bulging inside the external fuselage slide compartment; preventing the slide from swinging out and deploying. Technician noted this being the second time in less than a year that he has found a overwing slide pack swollen inside the fuselage compartment; rendering the slide useless for an emergency.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 876361 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201003 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Escape Slide |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Technician |
| Qualification | Maintenance Airframe Maintenance Powerplant |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Opening fuselage panel 196FR for lubing right-hand overwing (O/west) escape slide system. Found overwing slide pack bulging and will not swing out of compartment easily. Informed my lead of problem and ordered new slide pack. Upon further inspection of pack; found cover around outside [of slide pack] shredded and torn. Pack most likely would not have deployed in an emergency. Too swollen inside compartment. Overhaul date was two and a half years ago.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Maintenance Technician reports finding a B757-200 overwing escape slide pack bulging inside the external fuselage slide compartment; preventing the slide from swinging out and deploying. Technician noted this being the second time in less than a year that he has found a overwing slide pack swollen inside the fuselage compartment; rendering the slide useless for an emergency.
Narrative: Opening fuselage panel 196FR for lubing right-hand overwing (O/W) escape slide system. Found overwing slide pack bulging and will not swing out of compartment easily. Informed my Lead of problem and ordered new slide pack. Upon further inspection of pack; found cover around outside [of slide pack] shredded and torn. Pack most likely would not have deployed in an emergency. Too swollen inside compartment. Overhaul Date was two and a half years ago.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.