Service difficulty report · Girt Bar · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
January 3, 2008
Submitted
January 24, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N567UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
26673
Aircraft time
51,190 hours, 18,743 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Girt Bar
Condition
Obstructed
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.

What was found

FOUND STATIC LINE OUT OF POCKET INTERFERING WITH GIRT BAR AND DOOR SEAL. FLT ATT STUFFED PAPER TOWELS UNDER SLIDE COVER AND JAMMED SLIDE BUSTLE LOOSE. AFTER REMOVAL OF COVER FOUND DOOR WOULD NOT ARM. FOUND STATIC LINE OUT OF POCKET INTERFERING WITH GIRT BAR AND DOOR SEAL. STOWED STATIC LINE. CLEANED SEAL AND DOOR SILL AREA. PRESSURIZED AIRCRAFT, NO LEAKS FOUND.