SDR 98ZZZX237

Service difficulty report · Door · Boeing 747SR46

Difficulty date: December 1, 1997
Submitted: March 26, 2000
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N478EV
Make and model: Boeing 747SR46
Aircraft serial: 21033
System (JASC): 5210 · Passenger/Crew Doors
Part: Door
Condition: Damaged
Location: Nr 1 Left
Stage of operation: CL
Nature of condition: J
Precautionary procedure: O

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

What was found

ON CLIMB-OUT, A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD AND DOOR NR 1, LEFT WARNING LIGHT, ILLUMINATED. PRESSURIZATION WAS NORMAL. ON ARRIVAL AT AKL, DOOR WAS FOUND DAMAGED. UPPER AND LOWER LATCH CAMS WERE SHEARED PLUS A CRACK IN THE LOWER AFT DOOR. THE DOOR WAS REPLACED.

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