Service difficulty report · Door · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
January 26, 2007
Submitted
January 30, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N498FE
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
20867
Aircraft time
55,605 hours, 45,823 cycles
Part
Door
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

CREW ENTRY DOOR SHOWED CLOSED AND LOCKED WITH HANDLE FULL DOWN AND DOOR LIGHT OUT. AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT PRESSURIZE. RTB, UPON INITAL INSP FOUND ROLLERS ON AFT SIDE OF DOOR NOT IN TRACKS ON THE UPPER AND LOWER TRACK. UNABLE TO OPEN DOOR. AFTER OFF LOAD VISUALLY INSPECTED DOOR AND FOUND AFT LOWER ROLLER OUT OF POSITION. RAISED DOOR HANDLE WITH MINIMAL PRESSURE AND DOOR OPENED. VISUALLY INSPECTED DOOR ROLLERS AND GUIDES NO PROBLEM NOTED. OPENED AND CLOSED DOOR A NUMBER OF TIMES WITH NO NOTICEABLE PROBLEMS OR EXCESS PRESSURE REQUIRED TO CLOSE DOOR.