What was found
SEA - DURING PREFLIGHT CHECK, FOUND COCKPIT DOOR COULD NOT BE OPENED. RE-RIGGED DOOR TO INCREASE CLEARANCES, WAS BINDING AT LOWER LEFT CORNER. DOOR THEN OPERATED PROPERLY. (M)
- Difficulty date
- January 27, 2003
- Submitted
- April 4, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N981AS
- Make and model
- Doug MD83
- Aircraft serial
- 53472
- System (JASC)
- 5250 · Fixed Inner Doors
- Part
- Door
- Part number
- 01T023T507507
- Condition
- Out Of Rig
- Location
- Cockpit
- 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.