What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED: THE FORWARD ENTRY DOOR GIRT BAR WAS HARD TO ARM. MAINTENANCE CLEANED AND LUBRICATED FORWARD ENTRY DOOR GIRT BAR AND LOCKING MECHANISM PER MM 20-60-05.
- Difficulty date
- August 9, 2019
- Submitted
- August 12, 2019
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N966TW
- Make and model
- Doug MD83
- Aircraft serial
- 53616
- Aircraft time
- 54,882 hours, 28,321 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2560 · Emergency Equipment
- Part
- Girt Bar
- Condition
- Faulty
- Location
- Pax Door
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.