Service difficulty report · Door · Boeing 7374Q8

Difficulty date
June 25, 2014
Submitted
June 27, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N756AS
Make and model
Boeing 7374Q8
Aircraft serial
25097
Aircraft time
68,049 hours, 39,314 cycles
Part
Door
Condition
Lack Of Lube
Location
L1
Part time
68,049 hours, 39,314 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
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

F/A & GATE AGENT REPORT FWD ENTRY DOOR DIFFICULT TO CLOSE WHILE MAKING GRINDING SOUND WHEN OPERATING. ACFT GROUNDED. DOOR OPERATION IS ROUGH AND VERY NOISY, HEAVY GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM UPPER HINGE AREA AND TORQUE TUBE PANEL. ACCOMPLISHED LUBRICATION OF GUIDE ARM ROLLER PIN AND HINGE GUIDE PLATES. REF MM TASK 12-25-21-603-001. ALSO ACCOMPLISHED FWD ENTRY DOOR TEST. OPS CHECKED GOOD IAW MM TASK 52-11-00-755-051. NO ADJUSTMENTS REQUIRED OR MADE.

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