What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED. THE OFCR ESCAPE HATCH HANDLE IS MISSING AND CANNOT BE OPEN IN FLIGHT. REPLACED THE HANDLE/STRAP, PER AMM 25-51-22.
- Difficulty date
- July 18, 2020
- Submitted
- October 29, 2020
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N820AL
- Make and model
- Boeing 7879
- Aircraft serial
- 40639
- Aircraft time
- 15,170 hours, 1,636 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5220 · Emergency Exits
- Part
- Handle
- Part number
- BACS38A301A13N
- Condition
- Missing
- Location
- Escape Hatch
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.