What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED. AFT SERVICE DOOR GUST LOCK SPRING BROKEN. REMOVED & REPLACED SPRING IAW MM 52-42-01.
- Difficulty date
- January 5, 2018
- Submitted
- January 9, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N963TW
- Make and model
- Doug MD83
- Aircraft serial
- 53613
- Aircraft time
- 51,888 hours, 25,625 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5240 · Service Doors
- Part
- Spring
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Service Door
- 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.