What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. AFT PRESSURE BULKHEAD DOOR EMERGENCY EXIT MECHANISM SPRING IS BROKEN. REMOVED AND REPLACED SPRING PER AMM 53-53-02-201. OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD.
- Difficulty date
- October 20, 2017
- Submitted
- October 24, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N9626F
- Make and model
- Doug MD83
- Aircraft serial
- 53596
- Aircraft time
- 53,107 hours, 26,071 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5220 · Emergency Exits
- Part
- Spring
- Part number
- 49510621
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Emergency Exit
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.