What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. AT LGA, FOUND L1 ENTRY DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE AT DEPARTURE. MAINTENANCE FOUND L1 DOOR SNUBBER BROKEN AT ROD END AND LOWER HINGE CUTOUT WAS DAMAGED.
- Difficulty date
- December 12, 2017
- Submitted
- December 14, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N951AA
- Make and model
- Boeing 737823
- Aircraft serial
- 29538
- Aircraft time
- 51,311 hours, 20,899 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5210 · Passenger/Crew Doors
- Part
- Snubber
- Part number
- SNU1021
- Part serial
- 05EFS020
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- L1 Door
- Stage of operation
- TX
- 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.