Service difficulty report · Door · Boeing 767322

Difficulty date
September 25, 2005
Submitted
October 4, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N649UA
Make and model
Boeing 767322
Aircraft serial
25286
Aircraft time
58,394 hours, 9,441 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4060
System (JASC)
5200 · Doors
Part
Door
Part number
213T31011
Condition
Separated
Location
Ram Air
Part time
58,394 hours, 9,441 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
D, E
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DIVERTED TO YQX DUE TO AIRFRAME VIBRATION. RAM AIR INLET DOOR ASSY WAS FOUND WITH FORWARD INLET DOOR ASSY P/N 213T3010-1 MISSING. AFT HINGE ASSY P/N 213T3108-4 ATTACHING THE FORWARD AND AFT INLET DOOR ASSY WAS ALSO MISSING. FORWARD HINGE ASSY P/N 213T3109-4 WAS FOUND ATTACHED TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE FIVE FASTENERS ATTACHING FORWARD HINGE ASSY TO THE FORWARD INLET DOOR WERE SHEARED. AFT INLET DOOR ASSY P/N 213T3009-1 WAS FOUND WITH NO VISIBLE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. THE EIGHT FASTENERS INCLUDING THE COLLARS, ATTACHING THE AFT INLET DOOR ASSY TO AFT HINGE ASSY P/N 213T3108-4 WERE MISSING. BLOCKS AND ATTACHING HARDWARE WERE STILL INSTALLED ON THE AFT INLET DOOR. ACTUATOR WAS REPORTED TO HAD BEEN REPLACED.