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B757 flight crew and a maintenance technician describe an inadvertent slide deployment during trouble shooting prior to a ferry flight.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 921807 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201012 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Escape Slide |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 180 Flight Crew Total 19000 Flight Crew Type 10000 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying First Officer |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 246 Flight Crew Total 12000 Flight Crew Type 1200 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
On a ferry flight with aircraft located at the maintenance hangar and aircraft cabin configured for ferry flight with doors 1L and 1R slides armed. Had a problem with APU during start; so maintenance came to cockpit via aft door. Another mechanic subsequently came on board and needed to talk with somebody on the ground. While we were in the cockpit he went to door 1R and opened door with slide still armed. Slide deployed as it was [designed] to do.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B757 Flight Crew and a Maintenance Technician describe an inadvertent slide deployment during trouble shooting prior to a ferry flight.
Narrative: On a ferry flight with aircraft located at the maintenance hangar and aircraft cabin configured for ferry flight with doors 1L and 1R slides armed. Had a problem with APU during start; so Maintenance came to cockpit via aft door. Another mechanic subsequently came on board and needed to talk with somebody on the ground. While we were in the cockpit he went to door 1R and opened door with slide still armed. Slide deployed as it was [designed] to do.
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.