What was found
FWD ENTRY DOOR SN 229 WEB ANGLES AT BOTH UPPER AND LOWER TORQUE TUBE BUSHINGS ARE GOUGED FROM TORQUE TUBE CONTACT. MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED: INSTALLED NEW INTERCOSTALS ADJACENT TO HINGE ARM CASTINGS.
- Difficulty date
- July 25, 2007
- Submitted
- July 27, 2007
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N366UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 737322
- Aircraft serial
- 24535
- Aircraft time
- 50,153 hours, 35,205 cycles
- Engine
- Ge CFM56*
- System (JASC)
- 5210 · Passenger/Crew Doors
- Part
- Angle
- Condition
- Gouged
- Location
- Pax Door
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.