Service difficulty report · Door Switch · Boeing 72722

Difficulty date
May 29, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N189FE
Make and model
Boeing 72722
Aircraft serial
19082
Part
Door Switch
Condition
Failed
Location
Cargo Door
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AT FLT LEVEL 310, MCD ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ACCOMPLISHED CHECKLIST AND DEPRESSURIZED A/C IN DESCENT. LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED UNTIL 2,000 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL ON APPROACH, THEN WENT OUT. NO OTHER SYMPTOMS WERE NOTED, NO NOISE OR LOSS OF PRESSURIZATION. A/C RELEASED FOR SERVICE PER MEL 52-4 CATEGORY A EXP 6-1-96. *S/D* FOUND SCREW GROUNDING OUT LOCK ROD WARNING SWITCH, FOUND SAME SWITCH BROKEN. REPLACED SCREW AND SWITCH, OPS CK GOOD PER MM 52-70-09.

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