Service difficulty report · Latch · Boeing 737490

Difficulty date
May 17, 2016
Submitted
May 20, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N708AS
Make and model
Boeing 737490
Aircraft serial
28895
Aircraft time
51,992 hours, 29,207 cycles
Part
Latch
Part number
H41455
Condition
Gouged
Location
Cargo Door Handl
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

AFT CARGO DOOR HANDLE RECESS IS GOUGED FROM MISSING HANDLE BUMPER. ACFT GROUNDED. REMOVED RIVETS FROM HOUSING, REF SRM 51-40-02. ALL HOLES PREVIOUSLY OVERSIZED TO NR 6 RIVETS EXCEPT 1 WHICH IS OVERSIZED TO .238. REMOVED AFT CARGO DOOR HANDLE, REF AMM 52-31-14-004-035, REPLACED ROD END ON ACTUATOR ON INTERIOR SIDE OF HANDLE. REPLACED DOOR HANDLE HOUSING H414.55 IAW SRM 51-40-02 AND REPAIRED FASTENER OVERSIZED HOLES IAW EA 400-52EA-17139. INSTALLED AFT CARGO DOOR HANDLE, SAFETIED AND ADJUSTED, REF AMM 52-31-14-004-054 AND 52-31-00-404-022, PRESSURIZED ACFT NO DEFECTS NOTED.