Service difficulty report · Door · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
April 26, 2008
Submitted
April 30, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N592UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
28143
Aircraft time
39,865 hours, 14,770 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Door
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Emergency Exit
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

DOOR DIFFICULT TO ARM AT 2R DOOR NOT TO BE USED AS EMERGENCY EXIT BY FLT CREW. FOUND GLOB EPOXY ON BOTTOM OF GIRT BAR,CAUSING GIRT BAR SLIDERS HARD TO SLIDE IN TO FLOOR FITTINGS. CLEANED FLOOR FITTINGS AND GIRT BAR SLIDERS,LUBED BOTH WITH PINK GREASE.OPS CHECKED NORMAL. FOR THE RETRACTABLE DOOR FOUND THE PLACARD WAS GETTING STUCK IN LINER, REMOVED THE LITTLE EDGE OF THE PLACARD THAT WAS GETTING STUCK. DOOR OPS CHECK NORMAL.