Service difficulty report · Spring · Boeing 737990

Difficulty date
April 11, 2017
Submitted
April 12, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N309AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990
Aircraft serial
30857
Aircraft time
56,268 hours, 22,040 cycles
Part
Spring
Part number
6616691502
Condition
Broken
Location
Aft Cargo Door
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
D

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AIRCRAFT ARRIVED AT THE GATE WITH AFT CARGO DOOR OPEN. ACFT GROUNDED. REMOVED AFT CARGO INTERIOR DOOR LINING, INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE AND PANEL IAW AMM 52-31-14-000-801. FOUND A SPRING BROKEN, REPLACED THE SPRING IAW AMM 52-31-14-400-801. PERFORMED CARGO DOOR SYSTEM TEST IAW AMM 52-31-00-700-801, DOOR HANDLE TORQUE TEST PASSED. FOUND AFT BEAM E STOP SPIN LOCK SPRING MISSING IAW AMM 52-31-00-820-801, ADJUSTED STOP PIN TO CORRECTED DIMENSION AND INSTALLED LOCK SPRING.