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A lead stock clerk describes the force and damage resulting from a B737-700 emergency evacuation slide that deployed at their maintenance stores receiving dock in ZZZ1 while being unloaded from a freight cart. Another stock clerk in ZZZ reports the slide pack had been dropped prior to loading onto a B737 and shipped to ZZZ1 where it deployed. Bottle safety pin could not be found.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 902979 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201007 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-700 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Escape Slide |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Other / Unknown Parts / Stores Personnel |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Other / Unknown Parts / Stores Personnel |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Maintenance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
[I'm] a stock clerk in ZZZ [and] brought two unserviceable aircraft slides planeside for flight. At gate I asked the gate lead which bin [cargo pit] he wanted them to be loaded. He advised me that he wanted them loaded in the aft bin. I brought the tailgate down on the pickup and pulled the slides to about one inch from the edge of the tailgate. I got in the pickup and as I accelerated to go forward to line up with the belt loader; one of the slides fell off the back of the pickup approximately three inches. With assistant; I picked up the slide and carried it to the belt loader. There was no visible damage noted to the outside of the case. I did not accelerate at a high rate of speed. I then backed up the pickup to the belt loader and loaded the other slide. The paperwork was signed and I left without further incident. Regretfully; I did not think to inspect the inside of the slide after it fell to the ground. The following morning I was informed that the slide had inflated on the cargo dock. The name they got from the paperwork was from one of my co-workers; which was from the slides I shipped.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Lead stock clerk describes the force and damage resulting from a B737-700 Emergency Evacuation slide that deployed at their Maintenance Stores Receiving dock in ZZZ1 while being unloaded from a freight cart. Another stock clerk in ZZZ reports the slide pack had been dropped prior to loading onto a B737 and shipped to ZZZ1 where it deployed. Bottle safety pin could not be found.
Narrative: [I'm] a stock clerk in ZZZ [and] brought two unserviceable aircraft slides planeside for flight. At gate I asked the Gate Lead which bin [cargo pit] he wanted them to be loaded. He advised me that he wanted them loaded in the aft bin. I brought the tailgate down on the pickup and pulled the slides to about one inch from the edge of the tailgate. I got in the pickup and as I accelerated to go forward to line up with the belt loader; one of the slides fell off the back of the pickup approximately three inches. With assistant; I picked up the slide and carried it to the belt loader. There was no visible damage noted to the outside of the case. I did not accelerate at a high rate of speed. I then backed up the pickup to the belt loader and loaded the other slide. The paperwork was signed and I left without further incident. Regretfully; I did not think to inspect the inside of the slide after it fell to the ground. The following morning I was informed that the slide had inflated on the cargo dock. The name they got from the paperwork was from one of my co-workers; which was from the slides I shipped.
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.