Service difficulty report · Screw · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
September 20, 2016
Submitted
September 22, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N506AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35690
Aircraft time
31,784 hours, 9,727 cycles
Part
Screw
Part number
BACS12ER08K6
Condition
Sheared
Location
L1 Door
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

L1 DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM INSIDE OR OUTSIDE. OPEN DOOR HANDLE, DOOR DROPS INTO THE HOLE WITH NO ROTATION, APPEARS TO BE AN ISSUE WITH UPPER GUIDE ARM. ACFT GROUNDED. FOUND L1 DOOR GUIDE ARM LOWER RADIUS LINK DISCONNECTED FROM PIVOT PIN DUE TO SHEARED KEY WASHER RETENTION SCREW. REPLACED PIVOT PIN, KEY WASHER, AND RETENTION SCREW IAW AMM 52-11-21-400-802 PARAGRAPH 3.G.(4). DOOR OPS CHECKS NORMAL.