Service difficulty report · Spring · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
September 9, 2011
Submitted
September 20, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N551AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
34593
Aircraft time
22,365 hours, 7,042 cycles
Part
Spring
Part number
141A483315
Condition
Out Of Alignment
Location
Cockpit Window
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.

What was found

DURING R2 SLIDING WINDOW CHANGE FOUND DITCHING LATCH WOULD NOT HOLD WINDOW FROM MOVING FORWARD TOWARDS THE CLOSED POSITION. FOUND DITCHING LATCH SPRING HAD COME OUT OF DETENT NOT ALLOWING IT TO LOCK IN OVER CENTER POSITION. IT WOULD SECURE BACK IN DETENT BUT REPLACED WITH NEW AS A PRECAUTION.