What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: L1 DOOR HANDLE NOT IN RECESS. ATTEMPTED TO STOW AND HANDLE SPUN UNDER SPRING TENSION. MAINTENANCE FOUND BROKEN SPRING AND REPLACED HANDLE ASSEMBLY PER FIM 52-10-00 AND CMM 52-16-12.
- Difficulty date
- June 21, 2019
- Submitted
- June 24, 2019
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N922AN
- Make and model
- Boeing 737823
- Aircraft serial
- 29523
- Aircraft time
- 59,420 hours, 23,904 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5210 · Passenger/Crew Doors
- Part
- Spring
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- L1 Door Handle
- 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.