Service difficulty report · Girt Bar · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
August 8, 2006
Submitted
August 15, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N534UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25129
Aircraft time
51,003 hours, 18,722 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Girt Bar
Condition
Detached
Location
R3 Door
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

FWD END OF DOOR 3R GIRT BAR IS DETACHED AND HANGING DOWN. RE-INSTALLED GIRT BAR. THE DETACHMENT OF GIRT BAR, FROM THE LINKAGE MECHANISM ATTACHING IT TO THE DOOR, WAS ATTRIBUTED TO IMPROPER METHODS USED IN OPENING OF DOOR. REINSTALLED GIRT BAR. A/C PERSONNEL INSTRUCTED TO OPEN DOOR FROM INSIDE EVERYTIME.