Service difficulty report · Gust Lock · Boeing 737823

Difficulty date
August 10, 2017
Submitted
August 15, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N912AN
Make and model
Boeing 737823
Aircraft serial
29513
Aircraft time
54,786 hours, 22,071 cycles
Part
Gust Lock
Condition
Defective
Location
Service Door
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
C
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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED. LEFT AFT SERVICE DOOR GUST LOCK PIN IS MISSING PIN TOP AND SPRING. DOOR WILL LOCK OPEN BUT IS MISSING ABOVE TO UNLOCK & CLOSE DOOR. REPLACED LEFT AFT ENTRY DOOR GUST LOCK PIN TOP IAW AMM 52-13-00. OPS CHECKS OK.