What was found
LAX - AFTER ARRIVAL AT GATE, L1 DOOR (FORWARD LEFT CREW/PAX DOOR) WAS DETERMINED TO BE HARD TO OPEN. LUBRICATED DOOR HINGE. DOOR THEN OPERATED PROPERLY. (M)
- Difficulty date
- January 3, 2001
- Submitted
- March 22, 2001
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N961AS
- Make and model
- Doug DC983
- Aircraft serial
- 53075
- System (JASC)
- 5210 · Passenger/Crew Doors
- Part
- Door
- Part number
- 5910081167
- Part serial
- 28
- Condition
- Lack Of Lube
- Location
- L1 Door
- Part time
- 29,640 hours, 15,970 cycles
- Stage of operation
- IN
- 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.