Service difficulty report · Door · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
March 1, 2005
Submitted
March 5, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N169PL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53175
Aircraft time
41,310 hours, 28,730 cycles
Part
Door
Condition
Open
Location
Emergency Exit
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W, P
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT RETURNED OF FLIGHT AS A CONSEQUENCE OF PRESSURIZATION LEAK IN RIGHT FORWARD EMERGENCY EXIT. DURING CHECK WAS DETECTED RIGHT FORWARD EMERGENCY DOOR PARTIALLY OPENED. THE RIGHT FORWARD EMERGENCY DOOR WAS INSTALLED CORRECTLY IAW MM 52-21-10, PRESSURIZATION TEST WAS PERFORMED IAW MM 21-32-00 AND THE HARD LANDING INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED IAW MM 05-51-04, TESTED CORRECT.

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